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My son with Asperger's is 18 today. He was diagnosed at age 4 and received lots of valuable support until about 5th grade. As he began Middle School and High School services deteriorated significantly. He had a great 9th grade year and then had a melt down. He only attended 10th and 11th grade for a few months and no private tutoring was offered. All counseling has been paid for by us. The Bend/La Pine Autism Specialists have changed every year for the past 4 years, not a good thing for children who are so fearful of change. After complaining to the School District We now meet with the District Special Ed Director but have gone without an IEP for over a year. He now has a private tutor which is helpful. While teachers and individuals working with Special Ed kids in the District have been wonderful and done all they can, the lack of knowledge of both Autism and the Laws regarding special education in our District are sadly lacking. I have downloaded the Guide mentioned by Blue Nile. Thank you. Why was I never offered any resources like this from our school administrators or Autism Specialists? My experience has been that our District at least, is very pporly equipped to handle older children on the Autism Spectrum. Any suggestions?

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