DD1 is almost 8. We went through ASD assessment. I was told to prepare for a dx, but at the final appointment I was told that they couldn't diagnose and they will review in a year.
They commented that she processes things slowly at times, and that she struggled to label emotions. But she was very good at conversation, and eye contact, and she was able to say the qualities of a good friend. (That is no surprise as I have had many conversations about how to be a good friend.)
I am to research ways to help her myself. So yeah, I will just google it I guess.
I have felt a bit numb since tbh and I don't know where to go next. She has always been good at presenting herself. But the effort tires her out and she comes home and blows up. She has also always been OK with adults, but when with children the cracks show.
I think at one point the consultant said if she had ASD she wouldn't be able to present well at all, while her colleague was saying they understand that girls can mimic and mask their issues. Clear as mud.
I just don't know what to do. I am doing all this stuff to help her and I feel like if she was NT then I wouldn't need to do so much.
Is there anything else that it could be that I have overlooked? She already has a dx of anxiety but that is managed by me, as usual. Someone mentioned an attachment disorder, but I am not sure that fits. Yes some of the behaviour fits, but she has always been well cared for and loved.
She has improved massively in the last year, but at times it gets bad again and I just can't spend the rest of my life constantly trying to figure this out alone.
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toastymarshmallow · 17/01/2017 18:08
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