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Undiagnosed Autism of my friend’s 21 year old Daughter

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Hi all, I am writing as my best friends’ 21 year old daughter has been struggling a lot for years with Autism like symptoms, but she has been unable to persuade her daughter to get a potential diagnosis and/or help. It is affecting both their lives unfortunately.

She has once mentioned it to her and the conversation didn’t go down well, which is not unexpected as this is all new to her. Have you got any experience with this and perhaps some tips on how to persuade her to get help and where to get help?? It’s like a minefield out there!

Thank you so much in advance 

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  • It is often useful, when people have very negative feelings about autism, to introduce them to the existence of successful autistics, such as Daryl Hannah, Greta Thunberg, Anthony Hopkins etc. and the great figures of the past who showed autistic traits: Mozart, Michelangelo, Picasso, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. 

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  • It is often useful, when people have very negative feelings about autism, to introduce them to the existence of successful autistics, such as Daryl Hannah, Greta Thunberg, Anthony Hopkins etc. and the great figures of the past who showed autistic traits: Mozart, Michelangelo, Picasso, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. 

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