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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think it’s about being “tolerant.” But most private schools simply don’t have the resources for neuro divergent students. [/quote]

It’s not that. It’s that the other parents are purchasing a set of peers that is of a certain type/level. Kids with autism don’t meet that social expectation even if they are “well behaved” and don’t need much support beyond what the other kids might need. Think Napoleon Dynamite. ADHD is a different story - kids with ADHD are often very outgoing and charming and socially on par (or even popular). Of course this is all muddied by parents claiming kids with any difficulty are “ND” which makes it harder to assess claims that such-and-such a private school is “so accepting of neurodiversity.” [/quote]
Why would anyone want his or her children to have no experience with neurodivergent peers?  Are bright but awkward children with autism somehow offensive to you??  The world is a diverse place, why would anyone want to "purchase" a set of peers who have been chosen explicitly to weed out neurodivergence that the school does have capacity to handle???[/quote]

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