My sister is 13 but I've been worried about her for quite a while now, everyone is.
She's very different from normal 13 year olds, she carries at least one teddy around with her all the time, sits it on her knee and makes it watch tv with her, occasionally she will point it at someone and say "hey, he's looking at you..." etc.
She has no motivation at all, last week for instance she stayed in her pyjamas from Sunday until Thursday, didnt go out of the house, hardly left her bedroom, refused to go to town with my mum etc.
She has no friends, delibrately tries to avoid situations where she might need to socialise, for instance a girl at school asked her for her mobile number so she gave it and then delibrately turned her phone off so she couldnt get through.
She has no confidence, wont join any clubs, wont even go swimming or anything with my mum.
She keeps saying about how she wont need to work as she will be staying in my parents house when they retire.
I cant see her having any future, I can imagine her sitting in that house on her own 24/7 never meeting anyone...I have always suspected she may have mild autism but my parents wont have it.
How can I help her?
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auntysocial · 12/08/2007 20:49
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