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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

12:09

In my experience, children with receptive language issues really struggle in classrooms and this is made so much worse by districts and teachers who don't want to follow the IEP. Heck, my son's K teacher admitted to me in October of that year that she hadn't even READ my child's IEP-- but that didn't stop her from mounting a campaign to have him labeled with autism and removed from her class.

In OP's case, I agree it's good to go and confront them and try to get to the bottom of what they are thinking. In those early days  I tried to hide from them so they couldn't tell me it was autism; in retrospect, I should have been more pro-active and willing to state my case about my son's language issues.

In 5th grade, the social worker for both schools told me the first school had treated us terribly, and that [b]we were right to fight for the language label and inclusion. [/b][/quote]

An autism label does not mean "no inclusion" either.  It depends on the child and the level of support they need.  My DS has been labeled under "autism" in his IEP since K and fully mainstreamed with IEP at a dual language charter since preK4.  The only time the school wanted to place him in a more restrictive environment (the Ivymount Model Asperger's Program) was in 2nd grade when his behavior at school was so out of control that it was obvious to everyone that the school was a "bad fit" and could not meet DS's needs.  Luckily, DS had a full neuropsych eval that found he also had ADHD, combined type, and once that was treated along with a FBA/BIP and recommendations from the neuropsych eval, DS is thriving at his school still fully mainstreamed, still labeled under "Autism" in his IEP.

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That's YOUR story. I was telling MY story. And the difference is your child is verbal. It's a very different ballgame, and you really should just do everyone a favor and stay out of MERLD threads. It's just not helpful; MERLD and Asperger's are too different.[/quote]

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