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help with being diagnosed

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my daughter is 5 years old, we attended a hospital appointment who referred us for an autism assessment, the report they made, said they were very confident there was loads of evidence to support autism, the doctor agreed, but her school has rang our doctor and said they completely do not agree at all, has anyone had this? is there anything i can do, i have spoken to the school so many times about this, the whole of last week there were so many melt downs, times where she had to sit alone in the office for them to calm her down, but they mentioned none of this to the doctor. 

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  • This sounds very strange to me if there are clear signs your daughter is struggling at school. Who have you spoken to at school? The SENCO would be the person to speak to  about this if you haven't already. Maybe ask them how they are documenting any issues she is having to gather evidence and look for patterns/triggers in behaviours at school. My daughter seemed 'fine' at school but was having meltdowns at home. It wasn't until we approached school they started to notice when things were not quite right. It still took three years for a diagnosis (Covid got in the way as well). You can still try and put things in place to help her. I did a lot of reading when we started the process and she got intervention support at school about emotions and friendships before her diagnosis.

    Hope this gives you something.

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  • This sounds very strange to me if there are clear signs your daughter is struggling at school. Who have you spoken to at school? The SENCO would be the person to speak to  about this if you haven't already. Maybe ask them how they are documenting any issues she is having to gather evidence and look for patterns/triggers in behaviours at school. My daughter seemed 'fine' at school but was having meltdowns at home. It wasn't until we approached school they started to notice when things were not quite right. It still took three years for a diagnosis (Covid got in the way as well). You can still try and put things in place to help her. I did a lot of reading when we started the process and she got intervention support at school about emotions and friendships before her diagnosis.

    Hope this gives you something.

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