POST: Autisim ( my 2 cents )

I saw the posts concering autism and I wanted to add a few
things.. I am not an expert by any means but I meet a woman
who has an autistic child and happens to be a behavioral
specialist JUST for auttistic children... she taught her
own child to read... and also told me that she got experts
that are based in CALI ( we live in NYC) to see here
child... mind you this woman is well off financially and
not only does her child get experts to help but also has a
mother who is specifically trained to help autistic
children... she charges $175.00..so I gues she must be
good..

I also saw a program about this.. and the parents
highlighted ,also hired private behavioral specialists to
come to their home... with the right methods and MUCH
REPETITION....one child was able to go to a " regular"
school... he was helped before he was in first grade..

I do not know what the public schools offer... but I was
teacher for 14 years here in NYC and I find that even for
dyslexsia the teachers were poorly trained...

I myself have bipolar depression and found such ignorance,
lack of empathy even cruelty from many teachers concerning
this....

I fear that autistic children do not have a good chance of
being helped in public schools.. I think they ( among other
children ) are just " warehoused".... I think the system
makes it look as if these children are not helpable where
in fact, the system is ill equipped but rather than own up
to this they would rather blame the child or the parents..

I just hope that it does not take a private specialist to
help these children because most people can not afford to
pay.....

Posts on this thread, including this one

Autisim ( my 2 cents ), 4/28/05, by Cynthia.
Re: Autisim ( my 2 cents ), 7/01/05, by KAWAL JIT.
Re: You are so right Cynthia, 9/07/05, by mom of autistic twins.
Re: Autisim ( my 2 cents ), 9/12/05, by Jamila.
Re: I Disagree, It Depends On The Community Your IN , 9/17/05, by Brian.
Re: Autisim ( my 2 cents ), 9/18/05, by furby.
Re: Autisim ( my 2 cents ), 9/24/05, by chastity.
Re: TOO SLOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, 9/25/05, by VAL.
Re: Autisim resources are out there . . , 9/28/05, by Seana.
Re: TOO SLOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, 10/03/05, by zac.
Re: TOO SLOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, 12/28/05, by Nancy Rocheleau.
Re: Autisim resources are out there . . , 6/14/06, by teresa.
Re: Autisim resources are out there . . , 1/26/07, by Kami Glaser.
Re: You are so right Cynthia, 8/11/07, by Mother of an 8 year old autistic boy.
Re: Autisim ( my 2 cents ), 8/29/07, by marjorie.
Re: Autisim resources are out there . . , 6/04/09, by David Mcbee center for autistic and learning challenged.
Re: Autisim resources are out there . . , 11/30/09, by LP.
Re: Autisim ( my 2 cents ) a reg ed teacher, 10/30/11, by starley.