my parents and i are PO'd at my district special needs

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according to my state i have like 3-5 things already to be on an IEP
and they say no because i am doing good academically
now we have a specialist saying i should get an IEP and i have a feeling they will still refuse -_-

my superintendent thinks i should get one to i think and they still say no i do have IEP accommodations on a 504 but my doctors and parents think i should be on an IEP.

What's IEP and PO?

PO'd=pissed off
iep= IDK at the moment but it helps kids with specials needs in school so they can get good grades and learn

have your doctors contact the people who handle the IEP stuff to explain to them that you need it.

You and your parents need to request a formal evaluation in writing from the school district. The school, legally, has 30 days to respond and schedule the appointment. Have them send it by registered mail - the type that send a receipt back to you - to ensure that they receive it and back it up with a hard copy handed to them in the office.

An IEP is a legal process. If they fail to address your request, take it to the school board and contact an autism advocate. Your doctor may be able to refer you to one, or, if not, at least to the social services in your area that can get you a referral.

The school has federally mandated laws governing special education. They don't get to be lazy.

Go to US Dept of Education and look up everything on the No Child Left Behind act. You and your parents need to arm yourselves with information.

IEP = Individualized Education Program

This is the negotiation method of getting someone to negotiate on your behalf. I highly recommend it. Now, all you can do is respectfully ask your doctor and he or she might say yes, and might say no.

It is a process and slow and stead and strategic is the way to play the hand. And they might come through and they might not. Bureaucracies can be just bizarre, maybe that's the only way to explain it. I'm sure you've observed some of this yourself.

I hope that you and your parents get that settled soon.

we've tried all we could they still keep denying this -_- but we will succeed sooner or later

^^^ Did they do an evaluation or are they refusing that outright? If they have refused a written request for evaluation, you need an autism advocate, or, if your family can afford it, an advocacy laywer. You have legal precedence on your side.

And please, most of all, do not let this interfere with your forward progress. Fight the good fight by all means, maybe with a sense of the absurd or almost a sense of humor ('if I were to find this funny . . ' sometimes that works for me).

And as Mark Twain said, never let your schoolin' get in the way of your education.

And as a young person, please dream big. Consider one of the professions:

Architecture
Accounting
Business
Entrepreneurship (kind of a self-made profession)
Law
Medicine
Nursing
teaching (either college, high school, elementary, pre-K, as you decide)

And for school, the method of pre-studying math and science, so effective it's almost cheating! (just an entirely legal form of cheating) You can pre-study even more in college, but in high school, there's kind of the boredom factor to contend with.

we have an advocate she even asked if i had to fail before i get an IEP
the lady [special needs person] said no and i failed gym last term got took out and she when was told that just said "Well that's just gym."
-_-
i'm gonna send this to my mom and maybe she'll add more details

Lots of kids on the spectrum have excellent grades and never fail anything. That is an odd question for an advocate to ask. Perhaps you need an specialized autism advocate...

and yes, I'd be glad to chat with your mom! I have some experience in dealing with IEP mishaps.

this advocate is actually really good the special needs person said that i have too good of grades for an IEP so my advocate asked if i had to fail before i could get an IEP it wasn't a dumb question it was questioning the lady's logic

[I probably sound like a little kid XD]

lol - no, you actually sound like a teenager to me

I understand you now. I read your statement incorrectly. Your school district sounds kind of shady. The special needs person is looking for reasons to deny your IEP. Good grades do not automatically exclude you.

It is easy to escalate this. A letter to the district office. A letter to the state board of education.

You and your parents need to keep detailed records of all your interactions with the school. Keep everything!