Just wondering how many parents here have been homeschooling their Asperger or High Functioning Autism kids (or even other similar diagnoses ... PDD-NOS, etc.) ... did you start from the preschool age? Or took them out of school later on? We keep wondering what to do with our younger one who is turning 3 in March. I know I can get him socialized in other settings and he has zero cravings for that kind of structured setting that school offers (unlike DS4 who started 3 months ago in special ed preschool and is absolutely thriving). I know we still have plenty of time to think about all this but if we want to go the traditional public school route, he will need to go to special ed preschool to start getting used to the routines and everything else vs. if we decide homeschooling is better for him, we wouldn't have to worry about any of this for another 2 years (well, we would unoficially homeschool or more so unschool).
I keep thinking that the school will be so wrapped up in working on his shortcomings that all his strong points will be overlooked. ... and that would be such a shame ... he's our "genius baby" (and by that I don't mean he's an actual genius, so don't take me wrong! lol ... but he is the one that does all kinds of crazy advanced things just teaching himself ... picking it up from TV, games, books so I think homeschool approach would work great for him!). I want him to be the smart independent boy he is (though little less independance wouldn't hurt either!) and don't like how so many "specialists" just concentrate on breaking his current behavior but none gets him for who he is. ... sorry ... I'm rambling at this point.
