high school

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I have a son with Aspergers entering high school in the fall. I have tried to

get him exempt from PE for a variety of reasons but can't seem to find a way

around the state mandate that he take 2 years of PE. If he attends some sort of

athletic classes outside of school for at least 5 hours a week he can be exempt

but that would't be feasible. He has qualified for adaptive PE but I am told

there's no way around getting out of it all together. It is really a negative

experience for him and because he is now required to take an extra math class

(double blocked)he has to give up his elective (theater) which is the only class

he absolutely adores. I would rather him give up PE. If anybody has faced this

and had success in exemption from PE please let me know. I know physical

activity is important but I am sure I am not the only one who knows that PE is a

challenge on many, many levels.

Also, he is required to take foreign language. I am wondering how other

students with Aspergers have done with foreign language. I am thinking that

since it is a lot of auditory learning (listening and repeating, etc) as opposed

to hands-on or visual it might be difficult (my son is not an auditory learner).

thanks for any input!

Carol