Re: Best Places to Live for ASD

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This is AWESOME information! We have only lived in 2

states...South Carolina and Georgia (for 2.5

years)...and so far our rankings would be SC #1 and GA

#2. We are almost at the point where we want to

find the BEST place for our twin autistic sons THEN

back into the job situation from there. Georgia is

just NOT getting it done for us in the services/school

department. And frankly, we are relatively laid-back

parents!

Question about Idaho and Colorado.....would your

family be happiest in these places because of

schools/services for ASD or because of family ties,

roots, etc? Just curious.

Thanks for all of your hard work investigating and

reporting back. The search is on!

leslie

--- Grabe wrote:

> I research this all the time- because frankly I am

> not a fan of Georgia!

> The school system we have been impressed with is

> Scotsdale, Arizona.

> However, it is definitely because of individualized

> needs (major Sensory

> Issues). Our family will be happiest in Sandpoint,

> Idaho or Crested

> Butte, Colorado. What I have done (and I do it

> frequently) Whenever we

> travel I go into the schools and tell them we are

> moving to the county

> show them my child's IEP and explain his needs- they

> then tell me a lot

> about their program. I will tell you this- most of

> them laugh when they

> see his IEP- and darn it - it is a pretty good IEP

> for the state of

> Georgia. I know this is not helping you- but making

> phone calls to the

> counties/school districts is not as good as visiting

> (who has the time

> or money to do that- I know). Some very wise woman

> once told me- " find

> out where you want to live (Sandpoint, Idaho or

> Crested Butte, CO for

> us)- where you will have the most family support and

> all that good stuff

> - then make the system do their job "

>

> I also have looked at the DOE website and cross

> checked how the kids are

> doing on test- are all the special ed kids failing

> the test- you

> probably don't want to go there- you probably also

> don't want to go to a

> county where they are all passing. Also, look at

> the ratios- are there

> a low/high number of special needs kids in the

> system - why? I would

> really need to know more about your child to tell

> you what I have seen

> and what I would recommend- not that it is important

> or even helpful.

>

> Grabe

>

>

> School systems I have visited- if you are interested

> in any of these I

> can tell you about their programs

>

> Austin, Texas

> Houston, Texas

> Scotsdale, Arizona

> Phoenix, Arizona

> Lake Owega, Or

> Fort , Co

> Seattle, WA

> Crested Butte, CO

> Sandpoint, ID

> Hole, WY

>

>

>

>

> Best Places to Live for

> ASD

>

>

> Question for everyone: If you could live ANYWHERE

> in

> the US, what city/state would be the very BEST

> choice

> for your ASD child/children? (Based on schools,

> services, doctors, churches, etc.) Has anyone ever

> seen/done a study/ranking on this?

>

> Just pondering a move....

>

> Thanks!

>

> Scrivener

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

~

This is AWESOME information! We have only lived in 2

states...South Carolina and Georgia (for 2.5

years)...and so far our rankings would be SC #1 and GA

#2. We are almost at the point where we want to

find the BEST place for our twin autistic sons THEN

back into the job situation from there. Georgia is

just NOT getting it done for us in the services/school

department. And frankly, we are relatively laid-back

parents!

Question about Idaho and Colorado.....would your

family be happiest in these places because of

schools/services for ASD or because of family ties,

roots, etc? Just curious.

Thanks for all of your hard work investigating and

reporting back. The search is on!

leslie

--- Grabe wrote:

> I research this all the time- because frankly I am

> not a fan of Georgia!

> The school system we have been impressed with is

> Scotsdale, Arizona.

> However, it is definitely because of individualized

> needs (major Sensory

> Issues). Our family will be happiest in Sandpoint,

> Idaho or Crested

> Butte, Colorado. What I have done (and I do it

> frequently) Whenever we

> travel I go into the schools and tell them we are

> moving to the county

> show them my child's IEP and explain his needs- they

> then tell me a lot

> about their program. I will tell you this- most of

> them laugh when they

> see his IEP- and darn it - it is a pretty good IEP

> for the state of

> Georgia. I know this is not helping you- but making

> phone calls to the

> counties/school districts is not as good as visiting

> (who has the time

> or money to do that- I know). Some very wise woman

> once told me- " find

> out where you want to live (Sandpoint, Idaho or

> Crested Butte, CO for

> us)- where you will have the most family support and

> all that good stuff

> - then make the system do their job "

>

> I also have looked at the DOE website and cross

> checked how the kids are

> doing on test- are all the special ed kids failing

> the test- you

> probably don't want to go there- you probably also

> don't want to go to a

> county where they are all passing. Also, look at

> the ratios- are there

> a low/high number of special needs kids in the

> system - why? I would

> really need to know more about your child to tell

> you what I have seen

> and what I would recommend- not that it is important

> or even helpful.

>

> Grabe

>

>

> School systems I have visited- if you are interested

> in any of these I

> can tell you about their programs

>

> Austin, Texas

> Houston, Texas

> Scotsdale, Arizona

> Phoenix, Arizona

> Lake Owega, Or

> Fort , Co

> Seattle, WA

> Crested Butte, CO

> Sandpoint, ID

> Hole, WY

>

>

>

>

> Best Places to Live for

> ASD

>

>

> Question for everyone: If you could live ANYWHERE

> in

> the US, what city/state would be the very BEST

> choice

> for your ASD child/children? (Based on schools,

> services, doctors, churches, etc.) Has anyone ever

> seen/done a study/ranking on this?

>

> Just pondering a move....

>

> Thanks!

>

> Scrivener

>

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________

> Do you Yahoo!?

> Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger.

> http://messenger.yahoo.com/

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

~

This is AWESOME information! We have only lived in 2

states...South Carolina and Georgia (for 2.5

years)...and so far our rankings would be SC #1 and GA

#2. We are almost at the point where we want to

find the BEST place for our twin autistic sons THEN

back into the job situation from there. Georgia is

just NOT getting it done for us in the services/school

department. And frankly, we are relatively laid-back

parents!

Question about Idaho and Colorado.....would your

family be happiest in these places because of

schools/services for ASD or because of family ties,

roots, etc? Just curious.

Thanks for all of your hard work investigating and

reporting back. The search is on!

leslie

--- Grabe wrote:

> I research this all the time- because frankly I am

> not a fan of Georgia!

> The school system we have been impressed with is

> Scotsdale, Arizona.

> However, it is definitely because of individualized

> needs (major Sensory

> Issues). Our family will be happiest in Sandpoint,

> Idaho or Crested

> Butte, Colorado. What I have done (and I do it

> frequently) Whenever we

> travel I go into the schools and tell them we are

> moving to the county

> show them my child's IEP and explain his needs- they

> then tell me a lot

> about their program. I will tell you this- most of

> them laugh when they

> see his IEP- and darn it - it is a pretty good IEP

> for the state of

> Georgia. I know this is not helping you- but making

> phone calls to the

> counties/school districts is not as good as visiting

> (who has the time

> or money to do that- I know). Some very wise woman

> once told me- " find

> out where you want to live (Sandpoint, Idaho or

> Crested Butte, CO for

> us)- where you will have the most family support and

> all that good stuff

> - then make the system do their job "

>

> I also have looked at the DOE website and cross

> checked how the kids are

> doing on test- are all the special ed kids failing

> the test- you

> probably don't want to go there- you probably also

> don't want to go to a

> county where they are all passing. Also, look at

> the ratios- are there

> a low/high number of special needs kids in the

> system - why? I would

> really need to know more about your child to tell

> you what I have seen

> and what I would recommend- not that it is important

> or even helpful.

>

> Grabe

>

>

> School systems I have visited- if you are interested

> in any of these I

> can tell you about their programs

>

> Austin, Texas

> Houston, Texas

> Scotsdale, Arizona

> Phoenix, Arizona

> Lake Owega, Or

> Fort , Co

> Seattle, WA

> Crested Butte, CO

> Sandpoint, ID

> Hole, WY

>

>

>

>

> Best Places to Live for

> ASD

>

>

> Question for everyone: If you could live ANYWHERE

> in

> the US, what city/state would be the very BEST

> choice

> for your ASD child/children? (Based on schools,

> services, doctors, churches, etc.) Has anyone ever

> seen/done a study/ranking on this?

>

> Just pondering a move....

>

> Thanks!

>

> Scrivener

>

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________

> Do you Yahoo!?

> Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger.

> http://messenger.yahoo.com/

>

>

>

>

>

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> as a person who is in the position of relocating to georgia, i can say that

> massachusetts is one of the best places.

I moved to Georgia from upstate New York bout 6 years ago, and I would dare to generalize that the northeast is far superior in the resources available to the south in general, Georgia specifically. I doon't mean to offend, I love GA ; ) but the services are not nearly as abundant.

[Guest guest]

That is what I tell the school systems all the time- you better help us fight this deeming waiver changes or it is all going to fall into your lap - and No one wants that to happen.

Thanks for Sharing

!

-----Original Message-----From: Hollinheads Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 12:50 PMTo: autism-georgia Subject: Re: Re: Best Places to Live for ASD

> What about funding like the deeming waiver and/or natural supports.I am not familiar with what these are. I was speaking from a standpoint of what is available as services through the public school system. We never needed to go outside the school system for anything, they provided (or paid an outside source for) everything we needed and more. What is the deeming waiver / natural supports? (hoping I don't sound ignorant!)

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That is what I tell the school systems all the time- you better help us fight this deeming waiver changes or it is all going to fall into your lap - and No one wants that to happen.

Thanks for Sharing

!

-----Original Message-----From: Hollinheads Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 12:50 PMTo: autism-georgia Subject: Re: Re: Best Places to Live for ASD

> What about funding like the deeming waiver and/or natural supports.I am not familiar with what these are. I was speaking from a standpoint of what is available as services through the public school system. We never needed to go outside the school system for anything, they provided (or paid an outside source for) everything we needed and more. What is the deeming waiver / natural supports? (hoping I don't sound ignorant!)

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> What about funding like the deeming waiver and/or natural supports.

I am not familiar with what these are. I was speaking from a standpoint of what is available as services through the public school system. We never needed to go outside the school system for anything, they provided (or paid an outside source for) everything we needed and more. What is the deeming waiver / natural supports? (hoping I don't sound ignorant!)

[Guest guest]

> What about funding like the deeming waiver and/or natural supports.

I am not familiar with what these are. I was speaking from a standpoint of what is available as services through the public school system. We never needed to go outside the school system for anything, they provided (or paid an outside source for) everything we needed and more. What is the deeming waiver / natural supports? (hoping I don't sound ignorant!)

[Guest guest]

> What about funding like the deeming waiver and/or natural supports.

I am not familiar with what these are. I was speaking from a standpoint of what is available as services through the public school system. We never needed to go outside the school system for anything, they provided (or paid an outside source for) everything we needed and more. What is the deeming waiver / natural supports? (hoping I don't sound ignorant!)

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I've heard there is a wonderful autism program in that area at the U of Chapel Hill.............just can't remember the name.

Donna

[Guest guest]

I've heard there is a wonderful autism program in that area at the U of Chapel Hill.............just can't remember the name.

Donna