I've posted occasionally here before about my dd1 - she's 6 this week, with no dx but a few definite ASD traits. We decided this year to send her to drama classes to help with social skills and general confidence - another friend whose ds is on the fringe of the spectrum had heard that this type of thing can benefit them.
Anyway, today was the Parent's Day for the term. Not a play as such, mainly workshops showing what they had been doing. dd1 was pretty much the youngest (apart from one boy who is physically much bigger) and did fantastically . We are so proud of her.
She obviously found it harder than the others and didn't manage the whole thing, but didn't stand out in any huge way - especially as the rest are mostly 1 or 2 years older. Was definitely on the periphery of things but we're used to that... and the very fact that she even stayed there and did it in the first place was so brilliant. I never thought I'd see the day when dd1 was running round and round in a roomful of shouting children, all bigger than her (they were pretending to be pirates at the time). Seriously, a few weeks ago she'd have cried and/or run to the corner with her hands over her ears. And to stand up with people looking at her as well is a huge deal for her.
She has been given a certificate/report for her first term there, praising her "improved social skills leading to better communication". 
Was interested to see that as we (deliberately) didn't tell the organisers about the ASD thing, or why we had started her at the classes.
I'm so pleased and relieved as she's had some trouble settling and I was aware it was something of an "in at the deep end" approach. But for a child like dd1, on the edge of the spectrum, we know she will have to learn to get by in the big wide world and today definitely suggests to us that she'll be OK.
I know this is a pretty minor thing compared to many others here so sorry for going on about it, but for us it's been quite a big thing. Now I can relax about the Parent's Day and start panicking about her birthday party tomorrow... 