My DD was diagnosed with HFA, Aspergers in June. Even though the process has been going on for two years i still found that i was shocked to get a positive confirmation.
She is our only child so I suppose we don't have anything to compare with.
She is at a supportive school and does have friends and enjoys going to school. I can see though, that she is starting little by little to get left behind socially and is also not working academically at her best as she often does not focus on the lesson.
I really would welcome some advice on where to go now. Do we start the process of getting a statement? The school are advising us that she would do better with additional help, although my opinion is that she could probably cruise through and be okay but just not maybe in the top part of the class. She can be quite resistant to being helped and we are also in a position where we could pay for some additional one to one tutoring.
I guess I just don't know what to do she is very happy at home and in general to the extent that some family members think Oh she's just like so and so and quirky, she will find herself etc etc. That doesn't bother me but I am just mentioning it to describe more how she functions in that it doesn't really present atm as anything hugely unusual.
What do we do? I am beginning to be more aware that this could be much more of an issue as she grows older, we are currently starting to think about secondary schools (in London so may need to move to be right next to any school we want). I would really be grateful for any advice from others who are or have been in a similar position.