by PossibleASD » Fri Mar 25, 2022 12:59 am
Regular gone anon to protect my child’s identity
I would really like to help my 17yr old daughter who I believe has autism.
She’s a bright kid, suffers from anxiety and struggles with friendships over the years
This evening she was with a friend and listening to the conversation it hit me that she’s definitely on the spectrum. I believe she is having issues with social cues in school and the more popular students (as they would be known as) have really taken a dislike to her as she’ll speak how she sees it, they don’t like that. This of course gets filtered back to friends in her group and they point out to her that the popular ones don’t like her. Typical secondary school stuff to be honest
I’m worried tonight as I can see friends getting annoyed by her.
We already have another child in the house with autism but they are much younger and non verbal so was much easier to detect early on.
I feel such a crap mother that I have made excuses over the years as to why she didn’t seem to fit in. I’d just like her to understand that maybe their might be a reason and it’s ok. At the moment she won’t except me giving her social cues. She’s expressed that she thinks she’s got adhd but I think it’s autism now myself.
Anyone be able to recommend somewhere we could get a private ASD diagnosis, doesn’t matter what part of the country we will travel
Regular gone anon to protect my child’s identity
I would really like to help my 17yr old daughter who I believe has autism.
She’s a bright kid, suffers from anxiety and struggles with friendships over the years
This evening she was with a friend and listening to the conversation it hit me that she’s definitely on the spectrum. I believe she is having issues with social cues in school and the more popular students (as they would be known as) have really taken a dislike to her as she’ll speak how she sees it, they don’t like that. This of course gets filtered back to friends in her group and they point out to her that the popular ones don’t like her. Typical secondary school stuff to be honest
I’m worried tonight as I can see friends getting annoyed by her.
We already have another child in the house with autism but they are much younger and non verbal so was much easier to detect early on.
I feel such a crap mother that I have made excuses over the years as to why she didn’t seem to fit in. I’d just like her to understand that maybe their might be a reason and it’s ok. At the moment she won’t except me giving her social cues. She’s expressed that she thinks she’s got adhd but I think it’s autism now myself.
Anyone be able to recommend somewhere we could get a private ASD diagnosis, doesn’t matter what part of the country we will travel