"Children with autism should not be in mainstream schools."

"I have NO problem with autistic children going to mainstream schools."

Two VERY different statements from you in the same thread. Please explain your view Lizzie in a post slightly shorter than "Moby Dick" - because the sheer volume and quantity of your posts doesn't make you right.

And I keep reading stories from you about violent autistic kids. That has not been my experience at all from any of the autistic kids my son had been in school or daycare with. So I've very doubtful of these experiences of yours. Unless it's a British thing. That stuff just isn't happening in the USA. In my experience.

Early on it daycare there were some biting episodes but they were no more common than with the normal kids of the same age. And I know that my son has pushed some kids away when they got in his face but that was only a handful of times when he was much younger. Now he simply walks away. He's never struck anyone.

Maybe he has something to teach me about trying to reason with you. I'd be much smarter if I just walked away. But I'd hate for any of these silent Mudcat readers you mention to think that your opinion is the only one out there.