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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only thing that would give me pause is that Downs is almost non existent in Scandinavia. Iceland being the most extreme. You may have people questioning your choices in uncomfortable ways and fewer professionals with experience. But hopefully such occurrences would be rare and balanced by the otherwise accepting environment.

I would go for it since it is temporary and you wouldn’t be giving up a job to do it, but try to connect with some special needs locals if possible [/quote]

I was coming here to say this. There was an interesting article in the Atlantic in 2020 on the topic. Made it seem like you’d be a real outsider if your kid had DS—only 18 babies total in 2019 in Denmark had DS. I’d make really sure that the services my child had access to aren’t in the dark ages and embrace your child.

I almost got a job in France and as I was doing the final interview I did a ton of research about ASD in France because my DD who was 2.5 was diagnosed—she was verbal and bright but certainly quirky with communication challenges (and actually now at 5 hardly has an IEP or much services but is definitely on the spectrum).

France didn’t seem like a great place for ASD, and honestly gave my husband and I pause as we considered things. I would have gotten a TON of support from the org I was considering, but I wasn’t clear about quality and whether they’d embrace her neurodiversity. Surprisingly, I also found out USA is pretty much the vanguard for educating children with disabilities (which given our struggles with special Ed, I found surprising and dismaying). I was worried what her education would look like.

Now I’m still guessing had I got that job, I’d probably have gone for it. But we actually considered DH becoming a SAHP if so. He is a very involved and invested parent though, and would’ve received a stipend for NOT working from the org I was interviewing with. This is a tough decision OP—sounds like you’d get a lot of support but you are right to really think this through. No right answer—you’ll be left wondering either way.[/quote]

Pretty much worldwide ASD is a no-go diagnosis for the military due to lack of ABA and any services at all for it. There is no ADA abroad (obviously) and many are shocked to learn that disabled people have very few rights and can be openly discriminated against. The worldwide motto is more they have to adapt to us vs accommodating them. [/quote]

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