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Question for the NAS (Campaigns Department?)

IntenseWorld

Bearing in mind the thousands of undiagnosed females out there, and that there are many children seeing school counsellors for anxiety and depression and school problems, ought there not to be a drive to get counsellors training in recognising autistic traits in girls (especially) suffering mental health problems, so that they can be identified and assessed?

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  • I don't think professionals have enough humility to care what the real people of the autistic world and their families have to say.  When I got told that the SEN department in my area do a group cheer every time parents get refused a statement for their child, that spoke utter volumes.  They see us as the enemy, people to be batted away as much as possible, we are a drain on services and a fly in the ointment.  Priorities are all wrong.  They forget what they are actually there for.  Considering the known ratio is at least 1 in 100 (and likely rising), you'd think they'd have realised what is needed and got on with it.

    They sit in their ivory towers, having no clue what it's really like to live with autism and  the daily challenges, and clearly not thinking we could possibly have anything to say that would benefit them.  They don't even keep up-to-date on research and latest developments!

    It just makes me angry, when you see articles like this:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2507383/Thousands-GIRLS-undiagnosed-autism-hide-signs-better-boys.html ...and see that this is in the public domain and yet nothing is being done.

    Longman has previously posted things that moderators have passed on to the relevant department after some pushing.  Hopefully this thread will get the same attention.

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  • I don't think professionals have enough humility to care what the real people of the autistic world and their families have to say.  When I got told that the SEN department in my area do a group cheer every time parents get refused a statement for their child, that spoke utter volumes.  They see us as the enemy, people to be batted away as much as possible, we are a drain on services and a fly in the ointment.  Priorities are all wrong.  They forget what they are actually there for.  Considering the known ratio is at least 1 in 100 (and likely rising), you'd think they'd have realised what is needed and got on with it.

    They sit in their ivory towers, having no clue what it's really like to live with autism and  the daily challenges, and clearly not thinking we could possibly have anything to say that would benefit them.  They don't even keep up-to-date on research and latest developments!

    It just makes me angry, when you see articles like this:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2507383/Thousands-GIRLS-undiagnosed-autism-hide-signs-better-boys.html ...and see that this is in the public domain and yet nothing is being done.

    Longman has previously posted things that moderators have passed on to the relevant department after some pushing.  Hopefully this thread will get the same attention.

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