Thank you for the comments and information. I am going to steer this conversation to "Is my child defiant, or does he have Aspegers?" All the people in the IEP meeting should know the answer to that. I think then we can work on, "Should he be treated as a defiant child?"
Just fyi, my son has an autism diagnosis and the IEP team says it does not matter in regards to his behavior. According to them, if DS is to stay in a mainstream class, his behavior has to be like the mainstream kids. I don't know if you will get that attitude or not (I hope not) but I was surprised and shocked. Nan
