@thumper1 I loved post #68 just hadn’t gotten around to responding to @eandesmom yet. A lot of good personal sharing and good vibes. I do know that every Aspie kid presents differently. and will have a different experience. I was fortunate enough to meet my 3 best friends when our kids were in SE pre-school. My S was only there for the couple of months but 2 of the 3 kids ended up in his K class. I immediately invited these moms another kids to my house. And it truly saved us all. My son was really included for the first time and it made me happy. These kids had so much love to share and their mothers saved me from the deep end of the ocean. Over the years, our kids have paved their own paths as they are all vastly different, but the 4 of us remain close as we can truly understand each others lives. Their kids had more academic needs than my son so their college search is a very different one. One child is also trans-gender. Its a challenging time but we are all fortunate in the fact that we have each other.
I was more referring to the schools themselves. There are several posts on threads here that warn that these schools do not always live up to their promises. What works for one kid may not work for the other but I would at least like to know it’s because the kid is not receptive to the services offered and not that the school is not providing them. I’m not sure which way my son will go. There is nothing you can do if it is the former. The kid has to own it, but ifs the school not providing the services then it’s a different story. His owning his shortcomings and how he is is going to manage that will part of our discussion regardless of where he ends up…even if its a CC.
@twoinanddone good tip on sending them away with less stuff. You are a right, it would be easier to manage. The roomate thing is probably going to be tricky but @privatebanker I do plan on spending most of next year trying to prepare him as much as possible. I had mentioned in a previous post that it would not be fair to his room mate so we may look into a single as he may also need a single to decompress. Hoping for a double though. Just wanted to get through junior year. We are working on getting a summer job. Think that will help a bit as he will have a glimpse of real responsibilities.