Hi all. I am raising DGS7. He showed many of the characteristics of the highly gifted when he was younger, but he has Asperger's and severe anxiety and really severe sensory modulation disorder. His IQ testing is only in the "above average" range, but everyone who tests him tells me how smart he is. So, I have no real gauge of his true iq, and the testers say in their reports that his true IQ is hard to summarize due to large subtest scatter.
All that said, does anyone here have experience in home schooling their autistic child? We are reaching that point. The school is trying to work with us, but the anxiety is paralyzing DGS and he has begun having meltdowns at school that they respond to pretty well, but they are increasing in frequency. He is ahead of most of his classmates and accelerating pretty fast now that his visual motor issues are being treated. He never does homework, but gets 95+ on all his testing so the academics are behind where he is, and boredom is not good for any 7yo.
So, can you help me with pros and cons of homeschooling a child on the spectrum?
TIA,
leahchris
