DD is 11 and in the last year of primary. She has 2 best friends, one of which has had a bit of a mental health crisis over the past 6
months. All of the professionals suspect autism and DD has been chattering a lot about LGBTQ and pride lately. She’s pretty sciency and I’ve always been very clear that you can’t change sex, that nobody can be born in the wrong body etc. During half term DD said that her friend hated her name and wanted to be known by a gender neutral name, but nobody knew this yet.
She’s told me today that her friend is now wearing a binder and that she can’t do sports day because she can’t breathe. 🙁
Her mum has confided in me about the mental health issues and potential autism and I’m trying to support her as much as she wants me to. I want to reach out and warn her about the long lasting damage the binder will do. Thing is I know she’s absolutely desperate to help her daughter and stop her being suicidal so I have no ideas how to go about this. She can’t afford a private diagnostic test for autism and the NHS wait is a minimum of 2 years here.
What do I do?! DD obviously wants to support her friend but I’m worried about her potentially falling down a rabbit hole too.