camhs being awkward with my request

My daughter is 16 and been under camhs on and off since she was about 8. She could write a book on CBT as this is all they've done. She was referred to the eating disorder clinic in August last year they diagnosed her with clinical depression, eating disorder (fear of food) anxiety , school phobia.  She also self harms. I've always told her councillors that I felt she was autistic but they said she wasn't.  Now her brother has a referral for autism, I sent a written  letter to them insisting on a referral for her using the nice guidelines.  They have responded by sending me 2 Australian scale questionnaire one for myself to complete and one for school.  She's not been attending school for 2 years (to which they know) she is in part time hospital school.  So who do I ask to fill out the other form? 

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    if your daughter and your son have autism then i would guess that they have inherited it from you or your partner. I'm fairly comfortable with understanding that i have inherited my ASD from my father, his father and his father before him!

    This often leads to the Catch-22 situation that the people who need to engage with the professionals are least well equipped to communicate well and make the most coherent case for the children.

    Do you think that this might be part of your problems?

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    if your daughter and your son have autism then i would guess that they have inherited it from you or your partner. I'm fairly comfortable with understanding that i have inherited my ASD from my father, his father and his father before him!

    This often leads to the Catch-22 situation that the people who need to engage with the professionals are least well equipped to communicate well and make the most coherent case for the children.

    Do you think that this might be part of your problems?

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