Want more help and info about AS?

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I contacted the board of education. They gave me the number to their

headquarters. I called there, talked to a woman who headed the special

education department there. She gave me a treasuretrove of addresses

and phone numbers to organizations and groups. She also clearly told me

which services the school had to provide for my child with her IEP. She

also told me to call her anytime there was a problem or I needed help

or had a question. ---> She also told me to contact an ADVOCATE in my

area, who helped me with every step of testing, IEP, and ongoing

support and updating. I cannot impress enough, how important it is for

people with an AS child, to contact an advocate. Its free. They are on

your child's side in everything. Totally. They even came to my IEP with

me, to make sure my child got all the services she needed, and even

some I didn't know about. Even some the school didn't know about!! So

talk to an advocate. Also? There is a group on the internet, called

O.A.S.I.S. I found them before here, and they are very similar to how

this group works. Other links on their site too. Oh, you can also call

the health department, they will have some info for you too. (They'll

tell you to call state special ed too lol).