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My dear OP.

There are a LOT of private SN schools in this area compared to the rest of the world.

Because in the rest of the world (apart from a few other wealthy pockets of the US), THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO SN SCHOOLS OR SERVICES, private or public.

Europe and wealthy Asian countries are very behind when it comes to educating children who are different. I am from western Europe and even today, autistic children cannot find schools in my country! This has been the subject of recent debate on my national news, actually. There are single parents with autistic children who cannot go to work because their children cannot go to school, and they rely on government aid to survive. The government has promised reforms.

The USA is BY FAR - by so very far it's just not even funny - the most advanced and tolerant country when it comes to supporting special needs and disabilities. I think it comes from its highly individualist concept of self. Asian countries have a more communal concept of self and fitting into the group is highly desirable - which also means that being different is bad, and there is an enormous amount of stigma and lack of support surrounding disabilities. European countries exist somewhere in the middle of those two extremes, but they're still not has open-minded about SN than the US, and have not invested in educating children with differences.

So in the depth of your frustration with lack of services, please remind yourself of this every now and then. 
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I’m not OP. What a condescending post. Written like someone who doesn’t have a special needs child. The poster lives here in AMERICA, so she doesn’t need to remind her self about what everyone else in the WORLD is doing. Take a seat poster. To OP, I have an ASD child, it can be really hard and I’m sorry that you are having trouble. What about Ivymount? https://www.ivymount.org/ [/quote]
Thank you! I’m the OP and Ivy Mount does look promising. I’ve emailed them. 
Thanks for responding to this PP. The PP’s post brought me to tears. We have moved back to the US and turned down fabulous work opportunities to stay here but the PP is also just wrong. I’d kill for the specialized schools and state funded therapy they have in many countries but I don’t see what that has to do with my school search. My DH is from Western Europe so we are quite familiar with the systems in several countries. Arrggh. I still argue there is a serious lack of SN schools in this area. [/quote]

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