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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][O]ne thing I've begun to really wrap my head around is how to look for environments where neurodiversity is a core value.[/quote]

I don't think any place like that exists.  Well, public school is required to take all comers, which is a societal value, but that doesn't always translate to being welcomed at the individual school/peer level.

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[b]The Lab School[/b]. They embrace the neurodiversity you are talking about. Their phrase "Difference is Extraordinary" really has meaning and lives up to it. [/quote]

Only if you define neurodiversity as not including anyone on the autism spectrum, at least according to their admissions people. I know the reality at the school is different, but when we inquired we were told in no uncertain terms to look elsewhere.  It's a marketing slogan, not a policy.
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Add intellectual disability to that list.

It's not just that they don't accept kids with ID, but their culture includes a lot of statements like "My child deserves respect (or to learn, or whatever) because they are smart".  or even "It was terrible that he was treated that way when he's got a high IQ", as if kids who do have ID don't deserve respect, or the opportunity to learn, or to be treated well.[/quote]

Yup, that's the thing - we have a child with both ID and autism and there really are no great options for him.
People talk about how 'there's a program for that' but really there aren't. Most of the 'special schools' we see are for ' gifted but disabled' children.
Even the good public school programs. Nice for them. 
And yet our son is wonderful and sweet and deserves to be educated in a nurturing environment that's best for him and supportive of his learning style.
No such luck.

If we win the lottery I'm opening up a special school...[/quote]

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