Shnoing Report post Posted March 12, 2007 Our son (3) has been diagnosed "suspicion" of early choldhood autism (ICD-10 F 84-0.V). Since jan 23 he has got a hearing aid, too. We have been offered a place in a specialized preschool group / kindergarten for autism (6 children, 4 staff) starting august each year. There is the alternative to have him attend a kindergarten for the hearing impaired (50% of the children there have no hearing problems ? 24 children, 4 staff in each group). At the moment he is in an "integrative" kindergarten because of a diagnosis of retarded speech development (his group: 16 children, 3 staff). We are unsure if we want this change of environment, especially because his kindergarten now is at 800 meters (0.5 mi) and both the specialized kindergartens are at 6 km (4 mi), so he would have to take the bus (that's organized). Also, at the first one he would lose the chance of regularly contacting NT children of his age. Any one who has watched a similar child's development from age 3 to 6? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pumpkinpie Report post Posted March 12, 2007 Have you been and had a look around yet, I think first impresssions count for a lot! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shnoing Report post Posted April 28, 2007 By now, we've had a look around at the specialized preschool group / kindergarten for autism and the kindergarten for the hearing impaired. Both of them have disadvantages : The specialized preschool group / kindergarten for autism has only nonverbal children there so far while our son is verbal. This might affect his command of speech/language . The kindergarten for the hearing impaired made a very confusing impression on me because of the size of the groups . And we've found a new option: He could go to a school for the hearing impaired from fall 2008. This school includes primary and secondary school within the same building. So he would have to change the intitution only once until he's an adult . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shnoing Report post Posted November 14, 2010 Update: He's now (at age 6) at a special ed school for the physically challenged (due to his epilepsy), where he is the only autist in a class of 7. It's very good so far (3 months). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
