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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 48580" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Schools are DEFINITELY not good diagnosticians!</p><p></p><p>I still fume that difficult child 3's school counsellor (supposedly trained in psychology, supposedly having a brain) said to me, "Isn't it great to see how well difficult child 3 is doing? When I look out into the playground he looks just like all the other kids. He's fitting in really well. It's wonderful that he's not autistic any more!"</p><p></p><p>Like, WHO SAYS he's not autistic? WHO SAYS he's fitting in? Just because they all wear the same school uniform doesn't mean difficult child 3 is the same as the others from the inside. And looking at the playground from the office steps - not exactly a detailed, careful observation. He was still stimming, just not hand-flapping. And as for joining in - the other kids still excluded him, all difficult child 3 could do was walk around the playground, on the perimeter, following the lines painted on the ground. Yeah - not autistic - right.</p><p></p><p>I fully expected that if I hadn't immediately challenged her statement, she would have proposed dropping the IEP and the support funding. This came at a time when I wanted to push for playground supervision funding, to deal with the massive social problems and unsupervised bullying.</p><p></p><p>So never assume the school has your child's best interests as their No 1 priority. They're always keeping an eye on the budget as well.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 48580, member: 1991"] Schools are DEFINITELY not good diagnosticians! I still fume that difficult child 3's school counsellor (supposedly trained in psychology, supposedly having a brain) said to me, "Isn't it great to see how well difficult child 3 is doing? When I look out into the playground he looks just like all the other kids. He's fitting in really well. It's wonderful that he's not autistic any more!" Like, WHO SAYS he's not autistic? WHO SAYS he's fitting in? Just because they all wear the same school uniform doesn't mean difficult child 3 is the same as the others from the inside. And looking at the playground from the office steps - not exactly a detailed, careful observation. He was still stimming, just not hand-flapping. And as for joining in - the other kids still excluded him, all difficult child 3 could do was walk around the playground, on the perimeter, following the lines painted on the ground. Yeah - not autistic - right. I fully expected that if I hadn't immediately challenged her statement, she would have proposed dropping the IEP and the support funding. This came at a time when I wanted to push for playground supervision funding, to deal with the massive social problems and unsupervised bullying. So never assume the school has your child's best interests as their No 1 priority. They're always keeping an eye on the budget as well. Marg [/QUOTE]
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