Do you actually get any support

[Rosebel]

My daughter was diagnosed with autism when she was 10 but we suspected she was for a while.
I had hoped getting this diagnosis would lead to some support and we were told that she needed speech and language therapy, although I don't think she does. However we've heard nothing at all.
Part of the problem is that she was diagnosed just weeks before she left primary school (she wasn't 11 until July) and we had no parents evening at secondary school due to Covid. She's now in Y8 and academically she's okay but still struggling socially and emotionally.
GP and school have said we're not entitled to any help as she's high functioning and SLT is cancelled due to Covid.
Is this right? Does anyone with a high functioning autistic child get any support?

Rose I would contact the Senco with a list of your concerns and what Dd is struggling with at school (even if she is masking in the school environment) and ask for a phonecall or virtual meeting. So called 'high functioning' young people can really start to struggle through their teenage years if they don't get the support they need. I have experience of this and my Ds now has significant issues because of lack of support.

In our NHS trust speech and language therapy refuse to see 'autistic' children that don't have language difficulties even if they have communication difficulties. It's rubbish.

My Ds is 16 and was only diagnosed last year. His diagnosis led to very little (if any support) at all.

He was placed on the SEN register after diagnosis and he had one mentoring session a week with a TA. Unfortunately that didn't help at all and his mental health continued to deteriorate. He then got six in school counselling sessions, which didn't help either. He was referred to Camhs at the start of the year but that was rejected.

I pushed again in the summer for another Camhs referral and he was accepted onto their caseload the second time. We are also going through the statutory assessment process to try and get him more help.

In the meantime Ds has moved schools. His previous school were just awful at supporting him.

Unfortunately no support will be forthcoming, especially if she is achieving academically and not showing visible difficulties in school. It's really frustrating but you will need to push to get anything at all.