i have lovely beautiful daughter who has mild asd - the consultant still wont give use a proper diagnosis even though she has a sen and both her teachers are adamant she has asd. she has a consultanat apt in late august and i am going to push for a diagnosis. should i apply for dla? i love her to bits but i am ashamed to say that when she talks with certain people i will telll her to be stop talking ( i dont want them to notice that she is odd and tell the rest of the community)in the asian community asd is not really recognised and brushed under the carpet.i am proud of her but cant stop feeling like this. she in mn school and is obove average in her class. the head teacher is fantastic. when we first though she might have asd was when she was 3 and i think i cried for months with my dh.
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