Welcome
Asperger Home Education is a resource centre for home educating children with Asperger syndrome or high functioning autism. Our objectives are to promote home education as a valid alternative to attending school, and to raise awareness of the benefits of home education amongst parents who's children currently attend school. We aim to connect home educating families of children with Asperger syndrome throughout the country and encourage the sharing and exchange of resources, experience, and expertise.
Our own definition of home educated is not attending a state school or full time at an independent school. Children who attend real world or online educational institutions part time for a few hours a week are considered to be home educated.
Although Asperger Home Education is primarily intended for parents, adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism are also welcome to contribute as they are often able to supply helpful information and advice from their knowledge base and past experiences.
You may be a parent considering home education; a recent or long established home educator; a doctor or psychologist working with people with Asperger syndrome; a researcher studying home education or Asperger syndrome; or simply somebody who is curious. In any case, we are sure you will find this website interesting and informative, as you are able to:
- Keep up with news and developments in home education and Asperger syndrome.
- Ask questions, exchange knowledge, and share experience in our discussion forum.
- Participate in research into home education and Asperger syndrome.
- Contribute to the development and expansion of the website by submitting articles or other useful resources.
Asperger Home Education isn't a passive community focusing purely on individual or family life. We consider ourselves to be an active movement committed to fighting draconian government legislation detrimental to the interests of home educating families or people with Asperger syndrome. Our members maintain a friendly relationship with other prominent home education campaign groups including AHEd and Schoolhouse.
If you are currently home educating any children with Asperger syndrome, or are considering home education, then we invite you to join our community. You will be very welcome.
Latest news
Sweden a Nazi?!
The Swedish Parliament voted OUT a Human Right to home educate on tuesday June 22, 2010. Read the analysis on how this took place at Rohus.
Ofsted trying to resurrect Badman's proposals
In our Victory for Home Educators article we concluded with "celebrate winning this battle, but continue to keep your eyes focused on the war". A new battle for home educators appears to have been initiated following the publication of a report on home education by Ofsted on the 17th June.
Victory for Home Educators!
Balls' and Badman's draconian legislation threatening the future of home education in England is now consigned to the dustbin of history.
General election 2010 - Party policies on home education
A summary of where various political parties stand on home education in order to help home educators make a judicious decision where to place their cross on the ballot slip.
SEN Home education training programme to start in March
Ed Balls will start his SEN Home Education training programme for local authority officers in March 2010 ahead of the CSF Bill being passed as law.
CSF Bill - Third reading
The CSF Bill went through both its Report Stage and Third Reading as the main business of the day in the House of Commons on the 23rd February.
Social Security Advisory Committee press notice
CONSULTATION: The Income Support and Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Focused Interviews, Work-Related Activity, etc.) (Lone Parents and Partners) Regulations 2010 - to enable the introduction of the Progression to Work pathfinders from 25 October 2010.
HE families in the US have an advantage over HE families in Europe
Not many people think of the US as being a tax haven but in certain respects it is. European and American HE families pay taxes on their educational supplies but American families pay much less.
Why home educate?
There are many benefits and advantages of home education over attending school.
Promotional material
Every Child Matters
Useful links
Petitions
Home-ed-families
To uphold that parents have the primary responsibility for the upbringing and development of their child, to not undermine parents legitimately fulfilling their fundamental duties, and to assume that the best interests of their child is the basic concern of parents unless there is specific evidence to the contrary.
Deadline to sign up by:
23 November 2010
Autism-Support
Better Support for Adults with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Deadline to sign up by:
22 July 2010
Recent forum posts
Parent's view on genetic link to autism: 'I don't want it to be eradicated'Canopus
Sun Jun 13, 2010 6:22 pm
