Looking for advice as trying to see what would be best for y10 son.
Son has autism but no EHCP as not classed as having severe difficulties as he is academic but his difficulties are with friendships etc.
School hasn't been great with his needs and he tends to get forgotten about as he is well behaved usually. School doesn't really offer much support for him.
He has recently become friends with some lads who aren't really a good influence. Son seems to be copying their behaviour and has become rude at home but for the first time he has friends.
We had been waiting to move up north and have been offered a house but it won't be ready till January. This would mean moving him in year 10 which I never would consider but the area we live in is awful. It is getting more and more rough, it worries me the amount of kids getting involved in crime locally.
Area has also been given the go ahead to build 3000 more homes in a very busy area anyway with traffic which will be unbearable as it's bad now. Cuts to services mean there is no support groups for teens with autism. It's all tailored to young children.
We are very luckily been offered a housing association house but moving up north they don't do one of his choices he has chosen here at school so he will have to pick something else. This really isn't good at all.
The area we would be moving to though is near beaches and open space which son will love and would definitely benefit from.
The area also has less traffic and less crime although I know you get crime everywhere. We would also be moving closer to partners family who have a son his age so would have someone he knows in the area his age.
What would people do?