I live about 30 miles north of where you'll be, so I am not familiar with the schools in that immediate area. The San Diego region has amazing resources for families effected by autism...of course there can also be some long wait lists for those services as well. I would first contact Rady's Autism Discovery Institute. This is a part of Children's Hospital that is dedicated to autism. http://www.rchsd.org/programsservices/a-z/a-b/a... The people there are amazing and very willing to help. Good luck with your move...and welcome to San Diego :)

Assuming you'll be in the San Diego Unified district, you can look at their site: www.sandi.net (on the right is a tab for 'student learning' and 'special education' is under that). I have heard of programs like what you describe with a mix of special needs and typical students. So it does exist. For preschool, you'll be hearing SEEC (special education early childhood). http://old.sandi.net/depts/specialed/

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Well, come visit me anytime you want to see the area, @A MyAutismTeam Member. I have a long-time friend in Temecula. Glad Alex is doing well in class. I have Rob's IEP update (triennial review) next week - I invited someone from the Middle School. Good luck on the WW. If you ever want to get together, let me know. Otherwise. See you around the MAT campus!

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@EvelynRepass It was me that ended up in the hospital. And silver linings are what has gotten us this far. I'm doing better now (especially since I recently started doing Weight Watchers-yay-). Alex is doing well in his class here as well. I'm glad to hear your son is doing well in his current class. Here's hoping your son gets what works best for him. How are things in Chula Vista? We are considering getting a house down there or up in Temecula.