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This is going to sound silly (probably stupid) I guess but what label should a child be under. My son was misdx for so many years and got labeled ED to get services like OT, Speech, and counseling, extra time on tests...but when he was finally dx with PDD then AS shouldnt he be labeled autistic. If so, can that just be changed in his annual IEP.
Second question is transition services, can I get that for him even though he is 17 and still has another year before graduation. I'm hoping it's not to late.

Thanks for any advice on this....his annual is coming up next week....

Not supid at all!

Yes, his label should be ASD instead of ED. It can be changed at the IEP meeting. I tend not to worry about which label is used so long as my children are getting the services they need. Sometimes though, a school has a kind of mind set that certain services go with certain labels. Then it becomes important. I don't like the ED label because some teachers here read that to mean "not trying" and "trouble maker" whilst they see ASD as "trying" and, unfortunitly, "stupid." It shouldn't be an issue to change the label at all though.

Its not to late for transititional services although it IS late. By law, I think they had to start when your son turned 16! In any case, wrightslaw has a section of articles on transitional planning. http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/trans.index.htm

You might also want to contact your state's Parent Training and Information center. They "should" have pamlets or fact sheets on New York's transitional laws. (Some centers seem to be much better than others but its a start. Here's the addresses of all the NY centers.)

New York
The Advocacy Center
590 South Avenue
Averill Court
Rochester, NY 14620
585-546-1700
585-546-7069 FAX
1-800-650-4967 (NY only)
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.advocacycenter.com
Statewide except for NY city.

New York
Advocates for Children of NY
151 West 30th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-947-9779
212-947-9790 FAX
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.advocatesforchildren.org
Five boroughs of New York City

New York
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
116 East 16th St., 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
212-677-4650
212-254-4070 FAX
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.resourcesnyc.org
New York City (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island)

New York
Sinergia / Metropolitan Parent Center
15 West 65th Street, 6th floor
New York, NY 10023
212-643-2840
212-643-2871
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.sinergiany.org
New York City & Long Island

New York (CPRC)
United We Stand of NY
91 Harrison Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11206
718-923-8208
718-302-4313
718-923-8223 FAX
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.unitedwestandofny.org

Good luck and let us know how the meeting goes!

BeeBee

Thanks Bee

I was pulling my hair out thinking that I blew it for my son. I called Resources for Children with Special Needs, they will get back to me but I also called the VESID program and hopefully they will get back to me. I never was told or heard about transitional services for kids.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! !