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[LoisB]

Many children with Asperger's have tons of intelligence, but they test poorly.

I have a child who, at the age of 6, was making models of Mt. Vesuvius and describing details that adults would have trouble remembering about Pompeii...this same child tests at 80 on the I.Q. scale. Her math abilities are at 3rd grade when she is in 6th...Her spelling is atrocious...the Clinic believed she may have dyslexia, but she is now old enough to test it.

I have a bright child who already feels diminished and stupid and insecure and the last thing I want right now is to put her into a situation where she reads every sign as validation of her limited intelligence.

If you had any idea of the struggles we had day in and day out when it came to getting her to school...Even my mother, who has wanted me to be work and do what I'm doing for years...even my mother isn't sure of putting D12 into school because of the added stress it will put on my plate.

Talk to a mother with a child with Asperger's...sometimes getting them INTO a mainstream school causes wayyyy more stress and frustration for the family than just accommodating homeschool.

BUT>I trust your opinions here and I always take your thoughts into account because you are more like a family than I've ever had. And, more often than not, I do the scary thing. So, up yours.