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Originally Posted by Soldier Boy
Because - unfortunately - the only ASD school in the area is absolutely abysmal, and in the last year of her attending, they caused her what I worried at the time was permanent emotional and psychological harm. It's not fit for purpose. I actually get viscerally angry when I hear what's available for children in other areas... conversely to mainstream state schools; big-city ASD provision is usually excellent. Hers were a combination of incompetent and dishonest. To be fair to them, they were never uncaring or malicious: they just had absolutely no idea what they were doing, but didn't want to admit it. She's been out of school since mid 2022.
Home schooling is tough, not getting a break is tough, but not getting a break with a kid who is happy and affectionate 99% of the time is vastly preferable to having 6 hours a day of child-free time and a highly distressed, anxious, destructive, utterly lost kid the rest of the time.
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That sounds really rough but I thought she had just learning difficulties. I didn’t know she had ASD (which is totally separate anyway).
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