I feel rather silly now. I joined this group and introduced myself,
and now I have to say goodbye. Recently I found out that we'll be
moving to Mt. Vernon, Illinois. We'll be leaving in early January. So
now I get to go dig around for info on special ed in Illinois. I know
Mt. Vernon has a support group. That might be a good place to start.

As far as why Brandyn hasn't been evaluated: the school didn't want to
bother with it. They said they don't do autism screening until the
spring before kindergarten. I'm pretty sure that's a bunch of baloney,
but arguing with them hasn't gotten me anywhere. We've tried to get a
private evaluation done, but insurance problems have prevented that.
Another bonus of moving: Illinois' system is much better. Brandyn will
have insurance guaranteed. Plus, I've been told that the services are
leaps and bounds above Indiana's. I guess we'll find out. :)

Anyway, as I was saying, the school wanted to wait until spring before
kindergarten to do an evaluation. Then, in the fall, they decided they
didn't even want to do it then. I had to sign some papers insisting
that they do it. (kind of moot now though...)

The whole drama of dealing with the school has been one big pain and
I'm thrilled to be done with it. Hopefully things will be better in
our new town. :)

Again, I feel silly. But I guess that's how life goes sometimes.

Christine