‘I only like mom school’: Why my autistic son thrived during the pandemic school closure

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Washington Post

Jun 23, 12:00 AM

‘I only like mom school’: Why my autistic son thrived during the pandemic school closures

My autistic second grader thrived during remote learning. In the past three months at home, he’s moved up several reading levels, improved his writing stamina and conquered fractions. In a virtual session in April, his doctor couldn’t believe he was the same child she’d been seeing in her office. “Do you have to send him back to school?” she asked.

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