Hi! My 10 yo daughter was diagnosed with ASD when she was 5 and we’ve had great progress with her mainstream schooling and support.
I’m aware though that she’s changing, her body and hormones are kicking in and she’s becoming moody and more anti social lately. She has spoken about dark thoughts and written a few disturbing things such as feeling unloved and worthless. She’s also expressed worry about feeling weird and different to her peers and said she doesn’t feel like it’s worth joining in anything as she just upsets everyone.
Anotger wirrying development is that she’s developed a hatred for her cousin that is in the same class at school as her, they’ve grown up together and always been so close but now my daughter refuses to even be in the same room as her at home! They haven’t had any fall out and her cousin is as baffled as we are. I’ve tried to explain that she will always have her in her life as we are a close family but she just says “don’t remind me. I hate her” in a monotone voice. (Her voice has become much more monotone lately)
my question is for anyone with daughters the same age or experience of this. Do I need to try and access further support for her or is this all very “normal” and would addressing it make things worse or draw too much attention to it? I don’t know how best to proceed.
im in South Wales area. UK
thankyou