Autistic teen and zero self confidence

[notaflyingmonkey]

I know this isn't a one size fits all thing, but DS 17 has zero self confidence, and hates himself, and his autism. We are getting him counselling, and CAMHS, but I wondered if others had any experience of something that helped lift them out of this? (I have signed him up for a drama course out of desperation).

It might be worth looking at books on the Girl with Curly Hair website - they may help to reconcile him to his autism.

It was CBT that helped our son initially - delivered by someone who understood autism, and then time spent at a specialist residential college for students with autism.