Guest guest Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 My name is and I am mother to 4 kids. My oldest, has ds and autism. She is 13 (almost 14). I am at my wits end with the school system. We have been fighting them to evaluate her for AUTISM FOR YEARS and they keep blowing us off saying oh well she has mental retardation, she can't have autism. Well, her tics and anxiety have gotten worse over the last year or two and it has become more apparent to everyone that she has it. we got the screening tools and got her two teachers to fill them out along with me. she scored high enough on all three of our forms, yet the special ed coordinator wouldn't entertain the idea that this could possible happen. there are no experts in dual diagnoses here. a couple so called experts in autism, but when I tried to make an appt with one, after telling them she has ds, I was shut down. Anyways, we had her 3 year eval, and IEP 2 weeks ago. they labeled her moderate and shut down my request for change to autism. Her teachers both have years and years of experience in teaching kids with autism and downs & told the coordinator that was as Autistic as ANYONE in her class so how could they make that decision without observing her??? I am sooooo disgusted and am waiting for due process since I did not sign the IEP. We told the lady, who did not have a clue, that her main disability is the autism and that people approach kids with autism in a totally different way etc... I need advice on what to do...Please help!! www.courtneygriffith.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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