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[quote=Anonymous]There is a line with every child SN or NT.  For many SN children, they are delayed, but they will eventually get there in their own time.   Every now and then, it is good to step back to see what will happen.  IME, early failure is better than late and way less expensive.    Small steps aways moving forward.  I generally look at what has changed over the past year.  I can find positive changes then.  I also look forward several years to see what our goals should be- and then break them up into smaller steps.  Monthly is too short a period to see forward movement.  If it takes a few more years than NT children, so be it.  Gap years, CC, exchange programs, red shirting, planning high school classes so they are in HS for 5 years instead of 4 are all ways to do this.

We are about to "launch" our HFA child this fall.  I am nervous but cautiously optimistic.  He is majoring in engineering at a school that is primarily engineering, so he will be among his own kind.  I hope he finds his Wolowitz, Koothrappali, Hofstadter and Cooper.  :)  He has matured more in the last two years than I thought possible when he entered HS.  Yes, he is still relatively "young" and naive, but I can see he is still progressing and will get there. [/quote]

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