I cannot emphasize enough how difficult it is to get services for a child with autism. No matter what state you live in, the endless round of paperwork, meetings, evaluations, etc. make you feel like you're developing a plan for the Avengers to save the earth. But here's the kicker...you do all this stuff, and you don't come home feeling good. No. You come home EXHAUSTED. Yes, you've won TSS services, yes, you got respite care for 15 hours every THREE MONTHS, yes, the IEP begins to look like a fair document, but you, you valiant hearted crusader for your child, you, are DONE. But you can't be done, you have to get up, keep going, keep avenging, for tomorrow and the next day and the next year and so on. How to get services is about how to stand up, learn, keep on learning, weasel information, fight fair or not...but go on. God goes before you....
Kelly
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