Aspergers and National Merit

Mom24boys
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:43:08 +0000

We got my son’s scores today, 230 so I think he will be a semi-finalist, but I have several questions. We are in Maryland and would like him within a car drive in case of emergency or at least a direct flight - currently unsure of his level of independence (he is growing and changing so quickly.)

Do any of the schools that give good merit awards to Finalist also have good support for kids on the spectrum. He wants to study engineering.

He had added time on the PSAT, will this effect ability to be semi-finalist. (He has had this accomodation since early elementary school and only uses it when needed.)

He transferred to public high school in 9th grade after many years in Special Education Schools - does that matter. He also took a low level Engish class Freshman year, he has worked himself up to honors this year and will have 5-6 AP classes by graduation.

I can’t even begin to say how proud we are of how far he has come, for so many yrs we had to deal with behaviors and progress was slow and unsteady.