Mild autism - girl

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My daughter 10 year old, recently got diagnosed with 'mild autism'. During the session, the psychiatrist said, "Ohh I should not be revealing this now, but it's ok to say that your child has mild autism". My daughter was with me during the session. I went exploring for the diagnosis to find more clarity but now, I feel more conflicted. My daughter has not taken the diagnosis well, she is not an adult to think it rationally nor small enough to just ignore. I would have preferred if I was given the opportunity to reveal this at the appropriate time. I also feel conflicted in the diagnosis as my daughter is highly functioning and although I know that girls can mask these traits, but can the diagnosis be confirmed just from one single session. If this diagnosis is correct, how should I navigate ahead? How can I help my daughter? Right now, I am telling her that the diagnosis may be wrong and I can see her relaxing, but this may do more harm to her if she has mild autism. Please help, I am as confused as ever. Thank you very much!

You've posted this twice.

There's no such thing as mild autism. You are either autistic or you are not. Have you been given an official diagnosis?

There is no such thing as mild autism, a diagnosis takes multiple sessions and a team of cross Clinical teams, they carry out the assessments, have a discussion and then will send you out a report. Have these other steps happened, perhaps remotely and then you went in and had the ADOS or Disco?
Or is this someone who has met your child once and spouting rubbish as your child has a few autistic traits but hasn't actually assessed her?

Your psychiatrist is an arse. We don’t give a mild autism dx. If we feel that a child is autistic, we tell the parent ( preferably with the child present) and explain our reasoning. My particular clinic will also signpost to helpful groups etc.