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Helping my daughter before it's too late

Onceuponatime

Hi, I'm not sure where to turn with this problem. My daughter, age 14 is once again feeling suicidal and unable to cope with her feelings. She has high functioning autism and is also visually impaired. On previous occassions we have had input from CAMHS, but when I telephoned them a few months ago after my daughter had taken an overdose they only gave me advise over the telephone and told me that 'autism wasn't their speciality' and offered her no counselling. We live in a remote area where there is no direct support for autistic children and other services seem unwilling to help, even my GP admitted that there are no services available. Can anyone offer advise for us?

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  • This lack of local services seems to be a very common problem, and also, where services are stretched over a distance, there may not be enough specialists.

    In such circumstances remote consultation might be the answer. Under the PrimeMinister's Challenge Fund in England  there are experiments in e-consultations - using a computer to remotely discuss a patient's needs. But it is early days yet.

    It might be worth pursuing enquiries with a parents group or other service at a distance simply by email exchange.

    I know there are some places, Hebridees for example, where A&E means calling up airborne rescue services.

    I hope you can find something quickly, but it may have to be remotely with a non-autism specific resource centre.

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  • This lack of local services seems to be a very common problem, and also, where services are stretched over a distance, there may not be enough specialists.

    In such circumstances remote consultation might be the answer. Under the PrimeMinister's Challenge Fund in England  there are experiments in e-consultations - using a computer to remotely discuss a patient's needs. But it is early days yet.

    It might be worth pursuing enquiries with a parents group or other service at a distance simply by email exchange.

    I know there are some places, Hebridees for example, where A&E means calling up airborne rescue services.

    I hope you can find something quickly, but it may have to be remotely with a non-autism specific resource centre.

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