Girls with autism and adhd

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My daughter is drastically behind at school, has epic meltdowns and struggles to cope. She has started to refuse school. They have now suggested putting in an adhd referral. She is already in the system for an ASD assessment (two years on waiting list)
Can I hear some positive stories?

She is 8.

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Hi, I am so sorry to hear about the difficulties your child is having. If you are in the UK, I suggest contacting www.autism.org.uk/
for some advice and suggestions.

Also, have a look to see if there are any support services/charities in your local area that you can self-refer to.

You could also look on your LA webpage to see if there are any specialist services available via education or social services. It’s usually the school that makes the referral, but if you find out what is available, you can ask the school to contact the appropriate person.

My youngest was referred to a LA service back in the day when he was in the infants, and it was game-changing.

Speaking personally, the more help and information you can get now, the better (and be aware that other family members may have similar difficulties that are more hidden).

I can give some tips for meltdowns in the meantime, if you would like x

Hi my granddaughter is in the autism spectrum and possible adhd she is only 5 and has massive meltdowns where she hits everyone especially her mom who bless her gets the brunt of her anger she seems such an angry little girl my daughter is seeing someone but nothing about the major meltdowns if anything goes wrong at school she comes out screaming and hits and tries to bite her mom then gets home and smashes her room up breaking her toys there is nothing my daughter can do when she is like this it’s such a shame she gets very jealous about anyone else having attention and will do things to spoil it she keeps saying her mommy is the worst mommy ever a lot and my daughter does so much for her and takes her out places so she has everything she wants but it’s so upsetting when she says this has anyone else had this and any ideas what we can do to help her when she is like this as when she is happy she is such a lovely little girl