A number of people have asked me what I think about Gov. Christie's plan to create regional, public schools for children with autism in order to consolidate resources. Right now, too many individual school districts are trying to set up their own programs. These programs are often poorly run, and all those local programs creates a lot of redundancy of services.

 It's hard to tell, if Christie's plan is a good one or not. I like the idea of regional schools for autism, but it really depends on whether Christie properly funds these schools. They could end up as a dumping ground for kids that nobody else wants to deal with.

I've been thinking about what my dream school for autism would look like. Ignoring political and financial constraints, what would this school look like?

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