As always, an excellent post!
My sons teacher called me in for a meeting at the start of school this year, he was new to our school and had only just read over my sons records and discovered he had ASD. He asked a million questions and wanted to get to know my boy, then he asked the most important question, How far are you willing for me to push him? I answered, the same as every other student, just understand that he will reach their level on his own terms and in his own way.
My son has come further this year then even I expected, all because his teacher treats him as an equal to his peers, not as the boy with a disability! He doesn’t excuse him from activities he struggles with, he adapts them so that Master 7 can succeed.
A good teacher can make all the difference!!!