Well, Wesley, if you can provide a mainstream school where they are safe, understood and taken care of the whole time they're there, then I have NO problem with that at all.

Sadly, that ain't happening in so many places.

Please tell me this though, why don't you comment on the National Autistic Society's own video, where they highlight these very problems I'm telling you DO happen? I can't figure that one out at all. The society has far more experience than many of us on this thread, because they hear so many stories...and the bullying by other children in mainstream schools is what they have chosen to highlight.

Why do you think they've done that?
Why do you think the young people who had it happen to them have chosen to speak out?

WHY don't you comment on that?

Most of the violence is against autistic children, not the other way round. However, I have known personal experiences where the autistic child or young person themselves have lashed out, often in response to some horrible remark, or relentless bullying, and I've written of that above. I have also stated, over and over, that all the autistic people I know are the kindest, gentlest people...but they all share The Fear...and I still feel that to put many of those children into a situation where that fear grows even bigger, can be the wrong thing to do.

As Dan states above, if it works, it works well...but one size does not suit all.

If your child is happy in mainstream school, excellent, there is nothing to worry about. But if they are not....and I have given you examples, as does the National Autistic Society video I posted, then you need to think of another way forward.   Kimmy had no option, the choice was made for her by her son, basically. He either ended his life, or she reached out to help him in a way she never thought she'd have to. Luckily, she chose the latter.

I'm not sure why you choose to ignore the things I'm saying, preferring to twist them around and put them in a bad light, but that is your freedom to do so, I guess.

And also, I would not be rude about the way you write, so please, could you refrain from insulting the way I do. Thanks.