Published on 12, July, 2020
Dear Group,
I would be interested to hear anyones experience of having Aspergers syndrome and being in mainstream school. If a child has hyperacusis (hyper sensitivity to sound) along with their Aspergers diagnosis should they be in mainstream?...or would they thrive better in a special school where the acoustics are better (carpets etc.) and classes smaller?
My daughter has Aspergers and hyperacusis. I don't want to limit her academic or learning options as she is clearly very creative and hugely imaginative....but equally I am concerned about her health and wellbeing because on a daily basis she is overloaded and her stress levels are high due to noise and overwhelm.
If anyone has any experiences or advice I would be really grateful. Thanks you : )
I had a very late diagnosis of ASC, before 2013 I would have been diagnosed with Asperger's. I think that mainstream schools are, on the whole, unpleasant places to be if you are autistic. I loathed school, even though I was academically bright. However, in hindsight, I think that attending a mainstream school made me much more resilient and socially capable than a specialist school would have allowed me to become.