Also, I do think a lot of the reason that DS is doing as well this year as the school says is because this year unlike last year, he has an IEP and strong accommodation for his vision and hypontonia.... He gets breaks, teachers and aids BELIEVE him now when he says my "eyes hurt," they help him write and scribe for him when they notice he is fatiguing, etc... They realize he is 'slow' in tasks for a reason out of his ocntrol (a physcial reason). Last year he was just pushed to do more, he was hurried (Ben, you have to keep up!) and he was treated as though he was 'just saying' his eyes hurt because he was simply trying to avoid the task (basically he was just lazy and didn't want to do his work or he was add/adhd and that's why he did this stuff)... As a result he really broke down and all the school people saw was weird behavior and him shutting down - they didn't see the actually physcial issues causing his problems... so, in their defense....

Last edited by marytheres; 12/06/12 08:29 AM.