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Schools fit for teens with Asperger's?I

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Mads

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Tbh, I feel like I'm going to hit rock bottom with my education. It's not that I really care at this point in time, because I have actual things worthy of worrying about. But I figured that I might as well try to seek recommendations from people who know what a good school is from experience.

So, I'll just cut to the chase. My school sucks, and I hate the people in it. Are there any acutal good schools for anyone with Asperger's?
 
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Cyber schools work for a decent number of special education students. Vanguard seems to have a name for students in PA. Working there I've heard one bad review, but that is different than being a student. Not sure about associated costs.

What state are you in? That would matter a lot.
 
I'm in Michigan, and live in a Lower Fincancial Class household. So money would be a huge factor.
 
i was home-schooled by my mum (an ex teacher) for years when we lived in Pakistan, later on our return to the uk i struggled with bullying at school so i was taken out and home-schooled for a year around the age of twelve. it was a nice break from bullies, a year later i returned to school as tbh there is no way my mother could provide suitable education in every subject (she was an English/music teacher, whereas i was good at maths and the sciences), the break from school however was very useful and i didn't lose out academically on my return as i have done very well since. hope my experience helps. ask if you want more info on being an aspie in home-schooling. hope all goes well and i understand the difficulties many of us aspie feel in education designed not for us but for NT.
 
Thanks for sharing, but I even tried homeschooling.

I found out about a place in Ohio through a documentary. That school had a group of aspies who looked happy.
 
You have to be careful with home-schooling too, because there are certain Christians who insert their agenda into the textbooks and lesson plans. And I'm not saying it's all Christians, but a very peculiar sect that is merely extremely noisy. In fact if you are a Christian these people are a concern to you too, because they don't always disclose their involvement with the production of lesson plans, and they believe things that as Catholics my parents think are absurd. Just a heads-up.
 
Thanks, but I'm atheist, while my parents are supporting Christians. I already tried homeschooling more than three times.
 
If your in sped you could always try going back to public. It's been easier for me to make real connections in public then in sped (which may partially have been because if not wanting to be grouped in with the kids in sped and self hatred but I asume that's true for a lot of kids in that situation).
So yeah
Try going back to public maybe?
 
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