which county?

[lindy-lou]

do you think your county has good provision for children with ASD?or do you have to battle for everything?i live in cumbria and i think the provision is good,although i await my own battles wih education for india,would you move to another county to get the best provision for your child?

[madmooch]

I live in wearside, they are s**** They have very little provision for our kids and when they get to 11yrs old its like they dont exsist.

[call me jaded]

I live in the London Borough of Hounslow. My son's provision is exactly what he needs, but it's taken us 11 years to get to this. There's no way I'm moving.

[jayjay]

Hi call me jaded i was born in Heston what a small world, we moved when i was 13 which was a few years ago now . I live in Bedfordshire now and so far the school, child development centre and other authorites have been brilliant for us

jayne xx

[Flora]

There is NO real educational provision for kids with AS or HFA in our county but there is reasonably good provision for those with more severe autism. In this county (Oxon) it seems like they don't want to acknowledge the needs of any child with an IQ above 70, no matter how complex the needs and that the label AS is more a disability than the condition itself when it comes to accessing support and services. This, of course, is my opinion based on my experience.

 

Lauren

Edited December 1, 2005 by Lauren

[tinminer]

Hi, I can totally agree with that Lauren. I live in Cornwall, and services for anyone with an IQ higher than 70 (adults & children) is non-existent.

 

the response of the mental health team (who I have been under for the past 6 years for anxiety & severe depression) when I got my dx of AS for myself last month was to strike me out of their services completely! I am currently complaining to the Healthcare Commission about this.

[Mother in Need]

Hi Tinminer, I too live in Cornwall and have experienced the same with the IQbit. Disgusting isn't it. Discriminating too!

 

Cahms, it depends on who you get etc, my son is now at their dAy Unit in Mount Gould and they are absolutely brilliant. I hope he can stay within their care for a long time to come!

[mossgrove]

We live on the Wirral and the LEA and CAMHS have been good so far.

 

Both our Autistic boys are in a Special School catering specifically for children with Autism but not MLD.

 

There is far less specialist provision after age 11, so we will cross that bridge when we come to it!

 

Simon

[oracle]

Madmooch and I share an Authority I can only second everything she has said

 

Carole

[Hectorshouse]

We've moved around sooo much, when we were in Oxon my husband killed himself when T was 4 and A was 7, this was before T was dx'd. We then moved to Devon and they put all the boys problems down to this, which is fairly understandable, even after dx though they wouldn't acknowledge his needs. When we moved to Cornwall we finally got the first statement of SEN when he was 10 Cornwall were fairly sh*t as far as LEA's go but I starting learning the system and as for Devon ... well you all now whats been happening to us since our move here.

 

HHxx

[lindy-lou]

wow HH you sound like you have had a really rough time,hope things are a bit better for you now x

[littlenemo]

No ASC provision over the age of 11 till after Easter (a new unit was supposed to open in Sept, was put off till Xmas and now it's been delayed again) and that is for HFA only.

 

At primary level they have just closed one of the two autism units

 

there is no specific ASC provision in the special schools either though 2 do have ASC teachers - the LEA doesn't tell parents this though one of which is way out of town

 

there is no AS provision whatsoever

 

we're in Leeds

 

Zemanski

[DaisyProudfoot]

I live in Newcastle upon Tyne LEA - I'd say they're still learning

 

Daisy

[Canopus]

It was probably standard practice across the nation back in the 1980s to assume that kids with an average or higher than average intelligence were incapable of having any learning and behavioural problems, or require SEN unless they had a recognised physical disability. Just about all SEN services were designed for kids with a lower than average intelligence, slow learners, and those struggling with basic skills like spelling and arithmetic.

 

I really stumped Hampshire LEA when I was statemented at 8. They didn't have anyone statemented with behavioural problems who was of a high academic standard. It was generally assumed at the time that high intelligence and good behaviour went hand in hand and that bad behaviour was a hallmark of low intelligence.

 

Sadly it doesn't appear as if the situation has improved much now that 20 years have elapsed since I was statemented. Interestingly, both metropolitan and shire LEAs pretend that high intelligence kids can't have problems.

[bevalee]

I live in Croydon and the provision is Cr**p. There is nothing post 11 after that its inclusion into mainstream!

[lil_me]

I live in Durham and it doesn't get any better than the view expressed so far. We have SEN schools but none specific for ASD etc so in a sense its either mainstream or nothing for us as its been agreed the local special needs schools will not be able to offer my HFA son what he needs. Trying to battle for a statement for him at the minute but not getting my hopes up.