DVCal wrote:
What I fear is many children will be forced into special needs programs simply because of a diagnosis.
special needs programs aren't always bad. one of my best friends is a special ed teacher and her students each get ipads, and drastically more individual support and attention than general education students do. there's no clear line between "special" and "gifted" either, and a good teacher will recognize that a lot of people fall into both categories. I was always in "gifted" or "honors" programs that were
replete with other aspies. I wish I'd been through the special ed thing as a kid, to be honest, because it would have prepared me for success in college SO much more than just going in blind with the assumption my difficulties were only because I was smarter than the average bear and gay.
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KADI score: 114/130
Your Aspie score: 139 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 54 of 200
Conversion Disorder, General/Social Anxiety Disorder, Major Depression