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We're considering homeschooling our 11 year old son who has asbergers. Any suggestions?
My husband and I are seriously considering homeschooling our 11 year old son who has Asperger's Syndrome, a high-functioning form of Autism, and are looking for advice from other parents who are also considering this as well as suggestions for curriculum. We are a family of 6 and I am a stay-at-home mom. We need something affordable. Does anyone know if the expenses are tax deductible such as college education is?
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Homeschooling, Autism & Aspergers Syndrome
> 60 days ago
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Sounds like a tough decision! As far as I know, you CANNOT write up homeschool expenses. I did a little search line to verify it and everything I came across suggested that you cannot run your homeschool like a business or deduct expenses for materials. For instance, I found this article pretty useful -- http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/122362/is_homeschooling_a_tax_write_off.html
> 60 days ago
I am a homeschool mom in Idaho and my 15 yr old daughter has Asperger's. I home school our 15, 11 & 4 year old.
While it is true that you do not get tax credits for homeschool expences. You can homeschool for free or very little expence. What state are you located in?
There are millions of free homeschool offers on the web. Also there is a place called the Book Samaritains and they will loan you curriculum for free. What ever you need.
There are also charter schools. If you tell me where you are located I can give you better ideas.
Let me say one more thing about homeschooling ... It is by far the BEST thing we have ever done for our kids. People worry about socialization but that is so much NOT a problem. We are in fact more social then when the kids were in public school. We have more time for that sort of thing... We are closer as a family and have a better and bigger network of friends.
I highly recommend homeschooling :)
Traci
While it is true that you do not get tax credits for homeschool expences. You can homeschool for free or very little expence. What state are you located in?
There are millions of free homeschool offers on the web. Also there is a place called the Book Samaritains and they will loan you curriculum for free. What ever you need.
There are also charter schools. If you tell me where you are located I can give you better ideas.
Let me say one more thing about homeschooling ... It is by far the BEST thing we have ever done for our kids. People worry about socialization but that is so much NOT a problem. We are in fact more social then when the kids were in public school. We have more time for that sort of thing... We are closer as a family and have a better and bigger network of friends.
I highly recommend homeschooling :)
Traci
> 60 days ago
