Autism-World

Elaine:I feel quite privaliged to live in the u.k and my daughter goes to an excellent special needs school but i am quite sure in my mind that the americans do lead the way in this field and do alot more for children with asd.
My heart though goes out to countries were it is way down on their priorities either because of war or other reasons. Having a child with autism can be difficult but i thank my lucky stars every day she was born in this country.

Hanan:I am happy to tell you we have services for autistic children here in Egypt, hope your daughter gets better, it is very good of you to think of people in other countries.

Brian:I’m from the United States, and while the research toward understanding autism is decent, here — our educational system, at the least, leaves something to be desired. There are classes in each school specially tailored for those with learning diffiultues — these classes aim to decrease the learning difficulty, while keeping the students up to par with those in the other classes. They do this by working more slowly. There are very few schools in the U.S. that specialize in autism, deaf children, developmentally handicapped . . . our education system is . . . pathetic.

aww_gar:I live in Illinois and there are no schools here just for special needs they are blended in with everybody else and given individual attention by removal from class a few times a day and worked with one on one and then brought back to regular room to participate with the other children they say this gives them diversity by applying discreet trial and then socialization with regular curriculum kids giving them age appropriate models of behavior. My son has severe asd and is learning to speak write and sing so I’m not going to complain too much. he is given discreet trials during summer and does ot at a local hospital. Pull ups are delivered to our front door and educational supplies are often funded by agencies in our area.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 at 8:36 pm and is filed under Autism research.