School has been nothing but a bad experience for us. You have teachers that have no idea how to work with a child with autism, (although it's supposed to be an autism class). Most aides that are in the class don't have much of a clue either and most have very minimal training in how to address the behaviors and teach. We've experienced school for Tye in 3 different states, FL, NY and NC. It's been awful in all those states. In NY, they did offer more services, which I had to fight to get with a Special Ed lawyer's help. He did get really good after school services, like ABA and a behavioral consultant plus additional ST and OT. Other children in the same school district didn't receive the same level of services because school districts don't give anything without a fight. The public school system in NY was very poor. If there were openings in the private school setting the district would have sent him there, but of course there were no openings.
These stories describe our journey with Ben, our oldest son. Ben is a sweet and energetic redhead, born with Rett Syndrome, a rare genetic mutation. My husband, Ryan, and I try to keep up with Ben and his two younger brothers. I intend to shed insight into raising a child with disabilities and pass on the wisdom we’ve earned over the past two decades.