Re: Best places to live with autism

[Guest guest]

Come here, , come here!!! Oak Ridge was established in the

1940's to build the atomic bomb. In fact, much of our housing is former

military barracks. The scientists who came to this closed community

(ID's were needed to come in) demanded that the public schools provide a

wonderful education for their children. The tradition continues--in

fact, last year Oak Ridge's public school system was named one of the

best 100 in the country. My experiences with the special ed system have

been wonderful as well. The classes are called Comprehensive

Developmental Classes (CDC) and the children are included in the

mainstream classroom as much as possible. I have particularly noticed

that autistic children typically are able to have their own aide, which

makes a huge difference. One autistic child was completely mainstreamed

by fourth grade with the help of his assistant. In fact, he is attending

th middle school without being part of the CDC class at all. Before

and I came here, I was not impressed at all with public education.

We came from Baltimore, and it was a horrendous experience. But in Oak

Ridge, the teachers and support staff adore , and he is the first

hearing child in the state to have a sign language interpreter. Just a

few thoughts....

Maggie

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