Hi, my daughter is 8 years old.
the school nurse and camhs have recently written to her school to request they put her on an autism diagnosis pathway.
my daughter is very bright and high functioning and regularly gets upset saying she doesn’t want to go to appointments or tell anyone how she feels because she is worried she is attention seeking. She voiced this to the school nurse who reassured her that she isn’t and we believe her and I also reassure her when she mentions this (several times a day.) Has anyone else experienced this?
it’s heartbreaking she says “my brain tells me that all the time and it won’t stop, sometimes I think it’s real but I promise I’m not attention seeking” 😭
She also says some days feel worse than others and I have noticed it can sort of bubble in the background for maybe a few days/weeks and then all of a sudden “blow up” … is this typical of autism?
sorry I’m completely new to all of this and just want to help my child the best way I can.