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[quote=Anonymous]I'd like to give my two cents as an autistic adult who grew up without a diagnosis fully mainstreamed.

I never fit in. And I never will. It is that simple. I will always be different from the NT people around me. I can pretend and act like them at the expense of exhausting myself and physically making myself sick. Or I can be myself and wait for those people who accept and like me just like that.

OP. Blending in should not be your goal. A penguin in the desert will never be able to swim and will always struggle to survive. It's the environment that needs to change to let your child thrive, be happy, and reach their full potential. Not the child. Yes, services are needed and can help a lot. But ULTIMATELY you need to find an environment that fits your child and have him meet children like him.

I have spent my entire life in an NT environment and it was hell. I could never be good enough because "good" was determined by the society around me. I stood no chance. I have now made a huge personal step towards accepting my disability: I started working at a facility for the disabled. And guess what...every single person there accepts me exactly the way I am. Some are more severely disabled than me, some less. But nobody stares. Nobody makes rude comments. For the first time I am accepted with all my strengths but also all my weaknesses. It is changing my life in a way I never thought possible. Have your son meet people like him. And by all means find a school for him that truly is inclusive meaning not trying to change him to fit him but truly accommodating his needs and accepting him with his entire being.[/quote]

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