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Mumof4

Hi!

My son, aged 16, has a diagnosis of ASD. He achieved the grades at GCSE to go back to school to 6th form to do A levels, which I think was a surprise to him, us and most of all, the school!

He has a Section 139a form detailing his needs etc, and it's the school he was at anyway so they know him. However, he is clearly struggling with the workload and the depth of the A level studies. I feel I am letting him down 'cos it's subjects I didn't do so I am out of my depth too! I spoke to the SENCo about 3 weeks ago and suggested he would benefit form support in some lessons, but she suggested this would be 'uncool' post 16 . He know s this but says he is less concerned wiht being cool now than ever before!

I don't know what to do next to help him. HIs other option was college in the next town , but he does not yet go out or travel independently and has no desire to so do, so 6th form is still the nest place for him to be. I have asked our GP to refer him back to the Community Dr as we have had no practical help etc for years. At the moment my son is resigned to struggling on, but this seems so unfair.

Any ideas?

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  • Hiya, I'm 17 and I've been diagnosed with Aspergers about a month ago. Being cool is the least of your worries if you're struggling with A levels. And let me put this in laymans terms:

    All the other kids with ASD at my school in the SEN department (even though they're much younger) agree with me that being cool is NOT important. Many don't care about their 'street cred' or whatever popular people have, so frankly, I think the school's just giving you the runaround. When I received my diagnosis I took it straight to school and I had to fight to stop them giving me a Teaching assistant for my lessons, instead I arranged to go to them if I need help.

    I really dislike my school but because of my servere hatred of change I also chose to go straight on to 6th form thinking it'd be more helpful because the teachers know of my 'good pupil' reputation, meaning they wouldn't badger me as much as a teacher at a completely different college.

    Keep going with the schools SEN because I don't know about anyone else but if I got turned down assistance because they thought my peers opinions mattered more than my education, I'd set my mum on them. And she yells. LOUD. xD The headmaster is terrified of her.

    Keep going! They've got no excuse to deny assistance!

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  • Hiya, I'm 17 and I've been diagnosed with Aspergers about a month ago. Being cool is the least of your worries if you're struggling with A levels. And let me put this in laymans terms:

    All the other kids with ASD at my school in the SEN department (even though they're much younger) agree with me that being cool is NOT important. Many don't care about their 'street cred' or whatever popular people have, so frankly, I think the school's just giving you the runaround. When I received my diagnosis I took it straight to school and I had to fight to stop them giving me a Teaching assistant for my lessons, instead I arranged to go to them if I need help.

    I really dislike my school but because of my servere hatred of change I also chose to go straight on to 6th form thinking it'd be more helpful because the teachers know of my 'good pupil' reputation, meaning they wouldn't badger me as much as a teacher at a completely different college.

    Keep going with the schools SEN because I don't know about anyone else but if I got turned down assistance because they thought my peers opinions mattered more than my education, I'd set my mum on them. And she yells. LOUD. xD The headmaster is terrified of her.

    Keep going! They've got no excuse to deny assistance!

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