Educational Placement of Autistic/Impaired Children -- Autism and deafness

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Subject: Educational Placement of Autistic/Impaired Children

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Vicki Thress
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Date Posted: 06:27:22 04/21/03 Mon
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We adopted our 5-year-old daughter from Romania 2-1/2 years ago. We were told she was deaf. However, we realized she had some hearing before we left Romania. She kept wanting us to speak into her ear. We got her hearing aids and have struggled with behavior problems on and off since then. Initially we blamed everything on being in an orphanage for her entire life. However, during the second year we realized she has some other problems. We thought they were Obsessive Compulsive. Now a psychiatrist thinks she is Autistic. My initial response was they must be wrong, I should get a 2nd opinoin. Upon looking at the DSM criteria, she does fit. We, of course, are devasted.

My question is: If she is Autistic/Hearing Impaired, what type of a classroom does she need to be in--the Hearing Impaired or a CDC class (where there will be less emphasis on her hearing loss, I'm sure). I have felt for the last year the hearing impaired classroom wanted to get rid of her because she needs so much redirection, etc. They only have 5 students and 3 full-time adults in the classroom. They have not scheduled a "placement" IEP yet, but it is coming. Please help. I feel so helpless.

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Re: Educational Placement of Autistic/Impaired Children ORLO 08:24:52 06/28/03 Sat

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>We adopted our 5-year-old daughter from Romania 2-1/2 >years ago. We were told she was deaf. However, we >realized she had some hearing before we left Romania. >She kept wanting us to speak into her ear. We got her >hearing aids and have struggled with behavior problems >on and off since then. Initially we blamed everything >on being in an orphanage for her entire life. >However, during the second year we realized she has >some other problems. We thought they were Obsessive >Compulsive. Now a psychiatrist thinks she is >Autistic. My initial response was they must be wrong, >I should get a 2nd opinoin. Upon looking at the DSM >criteria, she does fit. We, of course, are devasted. > > >My question is: If she is Autistic/Hearing Impaired, >what type of a classroom does she need to be in--the >Hearing Impaired or a CDC class (where there will be >less emphasis on her hearing loss, I'm sure). I have >felt for the last year the hearing impaired classroom >wanted to get rid of her because she needs so much >redirection, etc. They only have 5 students and 3 >full-time adults in the classroom. They have not >scheduled a "placement" IEP yet, but it is coming. >Please help. I feel so helpless.
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