Autisee - Our Journey Begins

October 13, 2016 . . . The official date signed on our Application for Public School Exemption Certificate SDCL 13-27-3. It has taken us six years to come to this point. We have encountered great teachers and mediocre teachers, aides and therapists and classmates who have run the gamut from lost, confused and untrained to deeply motivated advocates of education, enlightenment and acceptance. 
Unlike many who choose alternative education, it is not because my son had any particularly bad experience or event during his public education. We don't have a religious or ethical issue with our district. What we face is the desire to overcome the challenges of a diagnosis of Autism with an opportunity to use curriculum and therapies that will lead to the best possible outcome for my son. The State of South Dakota has allowed me to home school and I can't wait for our journey to begin.