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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a difference between an NT child who may have some social awkwardness and an ASD child who can't function with the social aspects of the school day including small group work, negotiating hallways, cafeterias, greeting teachers and classmates, playing in groups with other children at recess.

It is up to the IEP team to determine the extent of the challenge and to work toward mitigating the impact in a school setting. This is absolutely the school's job under IDEA. Please don't put this all on the parent. It sounds like OP is doing all s/he can.
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But that's the thing. It's not the school's job to mitigate all of the impact and catch the child up to the level of a neurotypical peer. The government has decided that taxpayer-funded school services are for children who are generally in the area of the lowest ~7th percentile. If a child is above this level but not where the parent wishes them to be, it's on them to supplement with private services. There just isn't money for everyone, so the government sets the limits that the school has to then enforce. It's not personal. Nothing in government ever is.

The people who it is personal for, the family, have to do what they think their child needs. That's how it's always been. They just can't rely on government-funded services if they don't meet the requirements.[/quote]

Yes, this exactly. Thank you for explaining this so well. Private services wouldn't exist if it were a school's responsibility to serve everyone. When the you ask the school for services, they are deciding whether the school should decide to make taxpayers responsible for paying for the child's treatment.[/quote]

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