My Dd who is 16 has ASD, lockdown has made her more lock herself away more than ever. She now doesn’t want to come out of her room at all. I get her to come down for dinner which she eats at a rate of knots to get back. She doesn’t want to socially interact, which I understand, but she is isolating herself and more. She barely eats but snaffled away bags of snacks and eats them there rather than eat with us.
I’ve suggested I go into her room and watch a film with her, she doesn’t want to do that. I’ve suggested she wait in the car while I go and get us a Starbucks which she used to like, she now won’t do that. So she goes to school comes home and locks herself away.
Shall I leave her be? It seems to be getting worse?