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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thank you to everyone for the feedback.  It is SO appreciated.

I spoke with my spec ed friend who read through the paperwork they gave me and said, it doesn't add up, the accede to autism and social deficits, but not only are they declaring him ineligible, they are saying they don't even want to bother figuring out if he's eligible.

A question that has come up over the day, is what kind of service would I be hoping for him to receive.  I was thinking a paraeducator in the classroom, but spec ed friend said it would probably be pull-out for 1st grade, and someone brought up at the meeting yesterday that it wouldn't be beneficial for him to miss instructional time if he's pulled out of the class.  So, yes, that's true.  I would rather him not miss anything, but I also believe the school should support development of social skills.  They also said if he already feels different, it would differentiate him even more to be pulled out of class.

So I will fight any battle I have to for him, but I want to make sure this battle will benefit him.  Spec ed friend also didn't think private evaluations were necessary as I already had the diagnosis of the developmental pediatrician, but if this private testing will provide a stronger case, I will move forward.  I will say I once made an appt at Children's (before we got appt with dev. ped) and the next one was 8 months in the future, so we took the latter.  
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