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Two of my children were FINALLY diagnosed, after a long fight. (self.autism)

submitted 5 months ago by p5yk0t1km1r4ge to c/autism

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It took three years but I finally got them their diagnosis and now I don't know what to do next. Their school always gave us issues when we held them to the expectation that my kids would get the help they needed from their school. They refused to let my youngest stay a full day last year for his first year of school, and now CMH (community mental health of Northern michigan) is trying to say he no longer needs their services and should stay in his normal classroom, like they're trying to get rid of him. And with my daughter, they refused to get her onto an IEP before we forced them to. Now that I have the diagnosis, what are my options to ensure my children get the help they need?

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[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes, both my children have finally received their medical diagnosis for both autism and adhd. Unfortunately, his exclusion was last year; before I knew how any of this worked. He's in kindergarten now, and so far, he's not being forced to go home early. However, they are really trying to push him out of his CMH class. We've had issues with the school many times. The most egregious being the forced half day and the time one of his preschool teachers called in a false report to cps about us. Legally, the caseworker can't tell you who called the complaint. However, the cps agent left her paperwork in full view long enough for me to read it. It gave the name of his teacher and her "complaints." They were quickly proven wrong. They actually called cps on us 3 times. The last time, the cps agent straight up said the complaint was rejected due to lack of evidence. They knew what was going on based on their last report, and it's like she let me see it on purpose without actually telling me. I am very thankful for that, but I'm also still irritated it happened in the first place. Now that we finally have a medical, I hope it'll force them to work with us.