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DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN AND SCARED !!

vickimacca

Hi , over the past 2 years we have been through a very hard time with Social Services . Since both my children were very young we have had issues behavioural , educational , self harm, foodCry and social. The children were being assessed for A.S.D when Social Services got involved falsely accusing us of Fabricated Induced Illness and as I have Depression also accusing me of having Munchausen's Syndrome . We are now fully finished with Social Services as the social worker was found to be incompetent and our doctor , who was the Safeguarding Officer , wrote a letter stating that we hadn't made anything up .

The assessment concluded with both children having A.S.D. traits but not enough for a diagnosis. The issues with the children are getting worse and they are struggling with life ( our son mainly but sometimes our daughter ) and the problem is we don't know where to turn ,I trust our doctor but after all that has happened my husband and I are scared as we don't want Social Services involved again . What can we do , where can we go I only want a diagnosis so that we can get the help and support that our childen need . Our family is broken and we don't know how to fix it , I can't even talk to the school because of the same reason .
Please can someone give us some advice , I was going to phone the Autism Helpline but i'm scared of doing that too.i just wish that someone would believe us and help

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    I agree with Longman's suggestions about advocacy and getting help from parent support groups etc. The more people that you can count as being "on your side" and the more people that you can discuss your problems with the better.

    You mention in your original post that you suffer from depression. I think it is worth discussing the possibility of you having ASD to your GP. People with ASD often suffer from depression - I myself was affected before I got diagnosed. The treatment for depression for someone with ASD is different to the treatment of other people. We often do not respond to drug therapies very successfully but we can respond well to a combination of CBT and gaining an understanding about ourselves and our ASD.

    Did you take the test? A number of people on the forum have used the results of the test as evidence when talking to their GP about their problems. When I took the test I was surprised about how different my score was (about 41 IIRC) compared to my wife (15) - I had no idea that we would be SO different but it has explained a huge amount of (mainly bad) things that have happened in my life.

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    I agree with Longman's suggestions about advocacy and getting help from parent support groups etc. The more people that you can count as being "on your side" and the more people that you can discuss your problems with the better.

    You mention in your original post that you suffer from depression. I think it is worth discussing the possibility of you having ASD to your GP. People with ASD often suffer from depression - I myself was affected before I got diagnosed. The treatment for depression for someone with ASD is different to the treatment of other people. We often do not respond to drug therapies very successfully but we can respond well to a combination of CBT and gaining an understanding about ourselves and our ASD.

    Did you take the test? A number of people on the forum have used the results of the test as evidence when talking to their GP about their problems. When I took the test I was surprised about how different my score was (about 41 IIRC) compared to my wife (15) - I had no idea that we would be SO different but it has explained a huge amount of (mainly bad) things that have happened in my life.

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