DD referred for 3DI - any recent experience? She's 11 and can't cope with yr 7.

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I'm new to this section of the board. Thread a couple of weeks ago that was really helpful here. Looking at other threads on here looks like we may be at the beginning of a long journey, but I feel hopeful that she might get some help if a diagnosis is made. Naive?

Does anyone have any experience of the 3DI process for a DC this age and any advice?

It's meant to be a very good test for difficult to diagnose kids (older, female, verbal, high IQ) so it sounds ideal. If she's borderline, you can ask for further tests / reviews, or a second opinion.

You can tell school she has a number of social-communication difficulties, and some ASD-like traits, and is awaiting further assessment, That there is a family history of ASD and you'd like x, y and z put in place now.

That should do the trick, but if they wont help, say other family history means she's at high-risk of becoming very unwell if she goes to pieces.... in the unlikely event you need to go nuclear, ask for a written risk assessment of the possibility of triggering psychosis by failure to make reasonable accommodations .

These are descriptions, rather than diagnoses, so it's ok to bandy them round before the full assessment results.

Wow - thank you - DD would be difficult to diagnose she is all four of the things you mention.
The school are doing their best to ignore her, so I could ask for the risk-assessment. Good plan! My inclination is always to try and work with people, but eventually that might not work.