Any advice on how to explain to DD that she has aspergers?

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Our 7 year old DD has just been diagnosed with Aspergers. We're not planning on telling her yet as the advice so far is that she is too young to handle it - but we don't want to conceal it either and when she is ready we would like to try to explain it to her in the most supportive and helpful way possible. She knows she is different though, and sometimes talks about not having friends or not being like her class mates. I would love to hear from others how they introduced the idea to their kids with aspergers and when they felt was the right time? Thanks...

My DS aged 5 has been told he has autism, he's very high-functioning and only got this diagnosis because he had a bit of a speech delay. I started recently by telling him that he's so good at knowing so much stuff about dinosaurs because his brain works differently than others and that it's called autism. I also explain his sensory issues to him too just by saying that it's the autism that makes him feel that way. It's all in a positive way but I also try to reinforce that he has to work hard at stuff he doesn't like as if he had his way all he'd do would be dinosaur stuff. I don't know about other mums but it would be very hard to wait for that perfect moment to tell them. You say she knows she different, well I'd just drop it into conversation that it's the Aspergers that makes her that way and then tell her all the good stuff she can do. There are good books out there too, DS is too young for them yet but we'll have them when needed as he isn't aware that he's different yet.