My granddaughter is 15 and has special needs possibly Learning disability. She is a model student in school. She is caring , compassionate and always willing to help with anyone struggling. She appears to work hard and is making slow progress. At home she is extremely demanding and asks the same question repeatedly. She is never satisfied with an answer. It could be that she forgets that she has asked the question already but it is very wearing for her mother, my daughter She is very patient most of the time but sometimes it becomes too much. An example of her behaviour is , she has very long beautiful hair but she will only wear it pulled as tightly as possible into a high, very high pony tail. The result is that she appears to be losing hair and there is a red mark across her scalp. Any suggestion she wears it loose She will become so upset that she will be sick , feeling faint and generally distressed. She will ask repeatedly that she can have her hair tight and it is the first thing she says on awaking. The same thing happens with eating. She will only tolerate a very restrictive diet and becomes hysterical if you try to force her to eat or even encourage to eat what she doesn’t want to eat. All the tricks of the trade are used to include vegetables etc into her diet such as blending them up and disguising them in a sauce. But it is a battle all the time. She is anxious about someone in her bedroom and won’t go up the stairs alone. She will not sleep on her own. Her mother having to sleep in a bed in her room. Everything has been done to encourage her to be independent but to no avail. She has had a test for autism which was proved negative. What I would like to know who could we turn to to help with the anxiety and behaviours she displays. I would like to know how to deal with the difficulties which would help my daughter and granddaughter. Xxx