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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 362892" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Homeschooling in the US in most states is not supervised by anybody. The parents do what they want to do. They don't even have to have a cirriculum. The year I homeschooled I did it alone without having to show anybody what we were doing or using any cirriculum. There are no standards. You could actually let your kids play all day and that would be ok...nobody would even know. Many homeschooling parents do "unschooling" which is just learning by living life and working along side the parents. It works well sometimes. At any rate, once you're out of the school district, they are not allowed to question you or keep up with you and in our state our kids don't even have to be tested. There is little to no help from a public school and no teacher except mom who needs to sign off on anything. Homeschooling parents do not report to and are not held responsible for any standards but their own, which nobody checks. That's maybe why homeschooling is different here. Some states do mandate some controls, but most do not.</p><p></p><p>Another thing: Your kids are exceptionally high functioning. L. is not at that level and needs somebody with him when he does his work. It is "iffy" if he will be able to do college work, but, if so, it will be one class at a time. Some Aspies can go to college and graduate to a mainstream job. At this point in time, that does not seem like it will work for my son. He needs much more redirection in life than other kids and will likely need a hand picked job and possibly social security. </p><p></p><p>If I went to work and left L. alone to do his work on his own, he would probably panic. Although there are always lots of stories about Aspies who get good jobs, there are also Aspies who can't seem to work in a regular environment at all. My friend's son is an Aspie with an IQ of 160. He taught himself six languages and is very religions and learned much of the bible by rote. Yet he has been fired from every job he's ever had, including a janitor's job. He can't seem to fit into a work environment and is on social security with his wife working. And his marriage is "iffy" too. Sometimes she gets tired of pulling all the weight. </p><p></p><p>There is such a broad spectrum of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). And I do think some are called Aspies when, in fact, they really aren't Aspies, but Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified or High Functioning Autism. And, of course, some have more deficits in life than others do. So it really varies widely as to what works for different kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 362892, member: 1550"] Homeschooling in the US in most states is not supervised by anybody. The parents do what they want to do. They don't even have to have a cirriculum. The year I homeschooled I did it alone without having to show anybody what we were doing or using any cirriculum. There are no standards. You could actually let your kids play all day and that would be ok...nobody would even know. Many homeschooling parents do "unschooling" which is just learning by living life and working along side the parents. It works well sometimes. At any rate, once you're out of the school district, they are not allowed to question you or keep up with you and in our state our kids don't even have to be tested. There is little to no help from a public school and no teacher except mom who needs to sign off on anything. Homeschooling parents do not report to and are not held responsible for any standards but their own, which nobody checks. That's maybe why homeschooling is different here. Some states do mandate some controls, but most do not. Another thing: Your kids are exceptionally high functioning. L. is not at that level and needs somebody with him when he does his work. It is "iffy" if he will be able to do college work, but, if so, it will be one class at a time. Some Aspies can go to college and graduate to a mainstream job. At this point in time, that does not seem like it will work for my son. He needs much more redirection in life than other kids and will likely need a hand picked job and possibly social security. If I went to work and left L. alone to do his work on his own, he would probably panic. Although there are always lots of stories about Aspies who get good jobs, there are also Aspies who can't seem to work in a regular environment at all. My friend's son is an Aspie with an IQ of 160. He taught himself six languages and is very religions and learned much of the bible by rote. Yet he has been fired from every job he's ever had, including a janitor's job. He can't seem to fit into a work environment and is on social security with his wife working. And his marriage is "iffy" too. Sometimes she gets tired of pulling all the weight. There is such a broad spectrum of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). And I do think some are called Aspies when, in fact, they really aren't Aspies, but Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified or High Functioning Autism. And, of course, some have more deficits in life than others do. So it really varies widely as to what works for different kids. [/QUOTE]
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