Asperger's/PDD

My son with Asperger's was bullied in elementary school. At the beginning of his 6th grade year, a friend whose son was a year and a grade ahead of mine, and who had similarly been bullied in that elementary school, called me and said, "Poindexter, you absolutely cannot send your son on to the middle school next year." She then told me in some detail how the bullying had gotten even worse in the middle school. It wound up being bad enough that they eventually sent him to a different middle school in that same district. She then went on, "You've often said that private school could be an option for your son, and that's what you must do, send him to a private school."

A bit of research led me to a local, secular, private school, and he went there starting in 7th grade. Our only regret was that we didn't move him earlier. They didn't tolerate bullying. Plus, being smart was an asset there. At the public school being interested in sport was almost the only thing that mattered. I had the enormous good fortune to have generous in-laws, his paternal grandparents, who were more than happy to pay for his private school. But I would have cleaned houses, if necessary, to pay for that tuition.