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loohan

hi all ive just been told (this week) my 8 year old daughter is autistic and trying to get my head around it,have always known something wasn't quite right and have been trying to get help for  her for over 4 years, am gutted for her and just hope i can be strong enough to help her x

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  • Don't be so gutted, loohan!

    Autism can be challenging, but it also has many positives.

    Also the way you say "have always known something wasn't quite right", implies that she's relatively high functioning (i.e. to use a very bad example, she's not 'Rain Man' level autistic), if so then there's even less to be gutted about, and if she's up at the Asperger's/High Function Autism end of the spectrum then there's almost nothing to be gutted about at all!

    See this as a positive thing, learn about all the positive aspects of being on the spectrum, and you'll probably find supporting her through the difficult times much easier.

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  • Don't be so gutted, loohan!

    Autism can be challenging, but it also has many positives.

    Also the way you say "have always known something wasn't quite right", implies that she's relatively high functioning (i.e. to use a very bad example, she's not 'Rain Man' level autistic), if so then there's even less to be gutted about, and if she's up at the Asperger's/High Function Autism end of the spectrum then there's almost nothing to be gutted about at all!

    See this as a positive thing, learn about all the positive aspects of being on the spectrum, and you'll probably find supporting her through the difficult times much easier.

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