Guest guest Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Hello everyone, I'm Darla Donley. My son, Dakota, has what the school calls high functioning autism. I've known for several years that something is wrong but have a husband in denial. We've been married 10 years and I'm a SAHM who scrapbooks every second I can. It's not worth a divorce but I have really fought hard the last two years. We just relocated from Tennessee to near Hudson, Wisconsin in Jan 2008. Not the best time to move but we survived. The school district we're in now is, HANDS DOWN, the best we've been in so far. We just had Dakota's IEP meeting and at the end is when they brought out the paper on how Dakota qualifies. Luckily, I already fore-warned everyone about 's denial so they were prepared. got upset but didn't raise his voice. The Director of Special Education was so calm and sat next to him explaining about Wisconsin law and how they have to put the child under a specific category for services, etc. I'm sitting in my chair having an anxiety attack (inside my body so no one knows) so I didn't hear everything she said. I just know she calmed him down. At the end of the meeting, asked everyone in the room if they thought Dakota was autistic. Everyone said yes but the Speech T. said high. I knew what she meant but asked her high what? High functioning. SO, the door is cracked now. It's not fully open but it is cracked. My husband isn't happy about the word autism but said he wants to help Dakota overcome these issues. So, I'm doing research on Aspergers and the difference between HFA and Aspergers. It's kind of difficult. I'm doing research so I can do as much as I can at home to help. Sorry for the long intro. I hope to learn from this group. Darla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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