Sky, I'm not going to pursue another evaluation mainly because with the autism label he currently has, his IEP is strong. He gets speech therapy, OT for handwriting and social skills, and his accommodations of sitting up front next to the teacher, having a squishy seat, being allowed movement breaks, etc, etc are all helpful to him and I'm not sure the school would give him an IEP that has those in there if someone told the school he has OEs because he is gifted! It is a struggle to get what he has even with the autism label. If we removed that, I do not think the school would take a second look at him...just label him a "bad kid." I was just curious, trying to get it all straight in my head. My son does not have any negative feelings about autism...he considers it somewhat of a superpower. I wish I could have a quarter of his self confidence. Nan
