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sambonie3

im new on here so first of all i would like to say hi to all.

I am after help or advice on my son he is 10 and in a mainstream school he has ASD,ADHD,Dyspraxia but the school he attends wont statment him because they think he is to clever.Now i have to chose his secondary school and dont feel comfortable with him attendind a mainstream one.As althought he is 10 nearly 11 in age he is not inside and i am very worried,but have been turned away at every door in trying to get him into a specalised school as he has no statment.Can any one help me i have asked for a statatory statment to be done again but because he is a high end functioning autistic child they wont help me.He has been so unhappy in his school i cant put him through that again with childern that call him some of the most apauling names he doesnt always understand but i do very well. PLEASE can any one help meFrown

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  • Where you mention very high functioning - although the area is well understood, the reactions individual parents can receive remains patchy, whilst the like of GP's can be indifferent. Could not agree more here with previous comments on intelligence and so on, and some schools and/or LEA's are more or less helpful, whilst it is clear us parents need to be resourceful on the subject itself, and use resolve.

    It is not impossible to get to formally know someone at your SEN department, this can sometimes help to feel attached to the endeavour - and the aformentioned Parent Partnership & IPSEA can help a lot.

    We have a child of 15 in a special school, and one of 7 doing very well in a good state primary nearing the decision on his statement. The younger boy is high functioning like yours, but has such obvious disadvantages as well. Our oldest son of 29 ( long gap ) graduated successfully at university with aspergers without a statement, they misdiagnosed him back in those days over a word blindness. But absolutely there is no reason why a bright child should be denied a statement where the case is correct. 

    As parents we obviously need to communicate the deficits our child have quite clearly, and appear to others to be focussed in the knowing of the predicaments that can impair a very bright childs future prospects.

    And today it is evolving - there indeed is some exceptionally smart children with aspergers at the top of classes, but social difficulty and the others remains the obstacle they need the statement for.

    Good luck and best wishes 

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  • Where you mention very high functioning - although the area is well understood, the reactions individual parents can receive remains patchy, whilst the like of GP's can be indifferent. Could not agree more here with previous comments on intelligence and so on, and some schools and/or LEA's are more or less helpful, whilst it is clear us parents need to be resourceful on the subject itself, and use resolve.

    It is not impossible to get to formally know someone at your SEN department, this can sometimes help to feel attached to the endeavour - and the aformentioned Parent Partnership & IPSEA can help a lot.

    We have a child of 15 in a special school, and one of 7 doing very well in a good state primary nearing the decision on his statement. The younger boy is high functioning like yours, but has such obvious disadvantages as well. Our oldest son of 29 ( long gap ) graduated successfully at university with aspergers without a statement, they misdiagnosed him back in those days over a word blindness. But absolutely there is no reason why a bright child should be denied a statement where the case is correct. 

    As parents we obviously need to communicate the deficits our child have quite clearly, and appear to others to be focussed in the knowing of the predicaments that can impair a very bright childs future prospects.

    And today it is evolving - there indeed is some exceptionally smart children with aspergers at the top of classes, but social difficulty and the others remains the obstacle they need the statement for.

    Good luck and best wishes 

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