teenage diagnosis or not

Hi , 

I am a mother of 5 children , my youngest son is in the process of being diagnosed with adhd/autism . Our daughter is nearly 13 and since a very early age has had difficulties . She always has had temper tantrums  / meltdowns , smashed things up . Although she can talk and has coped so far at mainstream school . These tantrums have continued all her life particularly if we are going somewhere or going to school . Throughout the years i have noticed that she does not understand friendships and cannot keep friends at all.We have had her at family and child specialists and educational psychologist who spoke to her for 5 mins and then told me i was not being strict enough with her . Since that particular meeting i gave up looking for an answer for her behaviour until now . After speaking to our sons speach therapist she advised us to get her asessed for asd also ..but i need some advice on this ..if there is anyone out there who has experience in this please please help me  :)

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  • Hi sanders,

    Just wanted to say like UKbloke04 said I believe the diagnoses has helped my son a lot, I expected him to be a bit down and worried about what other people thought but he was happy and said it explained a lot and at least he could tell people why he thought the way he did etc.

    sam

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  • Hi sanders,

    Just wanted to say like UKbloke04 said I believe the diagnoses has helped my son a lot, I expected him to be a bit down and worried about what other people thought but he was happy and said it explained a lot and at least he could tell people why he thought the way he did etc.

    sam

    x

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