homeschool

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I agree with what has been said about homeschooling. I

too was teased unmercifully in school. I am also an

aspie. What do I care for socialization like that? My

children were also being teased. Aspies are different.

We don't think like others. I firmly believe that ASD

people are not retarded ever. They just can't express

themselves in any form. I say that as I put my

CP/PDD-NOS child in the state school for the severely

retarded. I don't believe he is but they have the

therapies he needs at this time. I homeschool 7 other

children right now. 3 have Asperger's. I have 3

children in college. My 19 year old aspie is about to

take the ACT. He will blow it away. He had the highest

GED the local college has ever seen. He was 16 when he

took it. My 17 year old is just like him. He too is an

ASPIE. Boy is it hard to teach an Aspie! Don't get me

wrong but you need to find the right motivators. When

they finally decide what they want to know about there

is no stopping them. My NT children are much easier to

teach. They come with their books and papers ready.

They do regular school work. We have the Internet. I

teach them how to research what they want to know. We

have blocks on unwanted sites. My Aspies march to

different drummers. The nineteen year old knows every

computer language there is. My 17 year old designs

space ships. How did I get him to do math? Calculate

the area of that ship please. Now if he wants to drive

he needs to finish Algebra. To get his pilots license

there will be other school subjects he will need to

finish first. The 13 year old is a problem right now,

but I let him learn what he wants when he is

interested. Right now it is Art. If he ends up in life

as an artist that is okay. He thinks in pictures. Our

children do scouts, gymnastics, YMCA baseball, Dance,

and we have a circle of friends group with other

homeschoolers that go on field trips every Friday. In

otherwords we choose good friends for our kids and put

them in those circles. The circle of friends group is

actually funded by the Dept of Health to help my boys

learn social skills. They have a great mentor. Schools

can fund cicle of friends and usually they are the

ones to do it. Good luck with your decision. It was

eaier to homeschool then fight the IEP battles. LeAnne

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