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To: FAMSecretSociety Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 4:49:20 PMSubject: Re: Coroner calls for Asperger's accommodation

>> Total dilemma over this one.> > Good to have a refuge from unsympathetic families. If you are going to > be in an institution at all, good to have a specialised place separate > to NT kids' institutions. But who is going to decide if a family who > are sympatethetic, where the child is just not delivering on school > targets set by NTs, is not coping? Can these institutions be used as a > threat to shove parents around?>I am unsure what your take on this is but "institutions are used as a threat" to push parents around. There are so many issues that make it difficult for a chils to learn and lots of supports that must be in place that are

from school to home and back.Schools have to work with families and families with schools.Families need to be on board and directed in effective supports for children. Literally an environment and lifestle need to be adopted. I am not talking about ABA, I am talking about acceptance, but what happens is instead of thinking in terms of needs and supports it comes to money Namely who pays for what and if they can shift it to someone else.Some parents go in circles trying to find a program that worksRatio of children per class, cirriculum that works for a child; math and reading programs that capture a child and engage them to learn.Too many times a school wants to leave a child delayed because they get money for that and also teaching so that a child standardizes is costly and they look to offset costs. They end up playing round Robin with parents making them feel guilty for not

(anything, everything)instead of coming up with ways to teach the child in front of them they: place blame, talk about disability, cures etc, etcinstitutions can be a haven for some and a hell for others. If you have a supportive family that is the best place, if your family is full of monsters than another place is better, but those places represent a loss of choices.Ranging from what you eat to when how often, what you wear, who washes it, buys it , picks it out ETC. It is a nursing home for displaced children, and it always makes me sad