Hi Cecelia, welcome to the "zany" world of AS. Does your daughter have a SEIT while in class? and if not, that would be the first thing on my list. You have to get in touch with your districts CSE director and demand a meeting. Once you have the meeting set up, bring in all of your reports and/or evaluations and tell them what you want for your daughter.

we are still waiting for IEP. it's taken all school year to get a meeting and we still don't have one! now we're looking at services for next year. in the meantime my son is in a mainstream class room and struggling emotionally. i'm feeling overwhelmed about what direction to take since all therapy costs are going to come out of pocket. is social most important? or physical/occupational? or these awful outbursts!!!? does your daughter have any of the meltdowns?

Hi Cecelia,

Thanks for joining. You're right, the 'fend for yourself' bit totally sucks. By far and away the best support I've ever had is from other parents - hence the group. I hope you get to attend one of the meet-ups, I think you would find it really useful.