Autism Speech

Autism Speech

Can all these things be written in an IEP Autism, Speech delay, language delay, and mentally handicap?

My little brother has autism but hes very high functional. He use to be in a regular class until now(that hes in 3rd grade!) that my mom decided to put him in an autistic class because of his teachers complaints and his paraprofetional(his aid) wasnt doing her job the right way! she requested an IQ test because they told her that the only way he could have a modified curriculum was if his IQ was below 70. when he was in kindergarten, they did one and his IQ was 89! Now they did it again and he got 69! They labled him as mentally hanicapped! They took off learning disability and replaced it with mentally handicapped besides autism and speech and language delay. she wants to know if on his IEP she can fight so they can so they can put back the learning disbility??
Because of this my mom cant sleep and shes always wondering if she did the wrong thing by letting them write mentally hanicapped!!

Your little brother has a lot going on. I can't speak to all of it, because I haven't met him personally. What you consider high-functioning, may not be my definition of high functioning and that sort of thing. I will add this though. A IQ score decreasing as time passes is not uncommon. At five we only expect a child to do so much.. and even then it's hard to say that he or she is the norm or abnormal. By third grade, statistically speaking, we expect for things to be a little more level from child to child. Therefore, the score can drastically drop. He hasn't been able to develop at the same pace as the other students. Autism and speech language delays often lead to this lower score on a IQ test.

He did not score high enough to remain learning disabled. Period. He must have scored 70 or higher. That's federal law. If they chose the proper test, there is nothing that can be done retesting wise for at least twelve months, usually. She can always as for him to be retested using a different test or form of the test.

It's a blow to most parents to hear that their child is mentally handicapped. I would suggest contacting the local autism society for support group times and possibly even one of the many on-line parent boards. I think she will find your family's story very similiar to other parents.

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