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Should I have my daughter checked or am I just over-reacting

pinklaces34

Hi guys, basically I am currently doing a module on my degree which is called understanding the autism spectrum and whilst going through some of the material I have picked up a lot of things that I notice in my 6 year old daughter.  From an early age she has not made friends well, she doesn't seem to have any specific friends at school and she is seems to prefer to play on her own, when we spoke to the teachers about her saying she doesn't play with anybody, they said she only wants to play with people who play what she wants to play?! This didn't really ring any alarm bells for me as I was a loner at school.  She is average or above in her school work by the way.  Another thing is she seems not to really understand social rules sometimes for example getting in peoples faces and talking very loudly, she wouldn't go out of her way and talk to a class mate usually without me prompting her.  Also I have noticed she really seems to struggle making eye contact with me and is quite obsessive about the television to the point of blocking people out as if she can not hear them, my other children occasionally ignore me whey they are watching TV but not in the same way.  Can anyone advise?

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  • Hi Pinklaces34

    I was the same as you, and I ignored it.  My daughter is now 16 and is really struggling with feelings of depression and emotions (though this is normal teenage stuff).  But seriously, the obsessiveness, the odd behaviour, the swearing at inappropriate times, the aloofness - we just put it down to the that that is just the way she is.  Wrong.  At the age of 16 she is in her final GCSE year, and had the Asperger syndrome been picked up earlier she would have had the help and support she needed.  My daughter has not yet been diagnosed with Asperger's - she is about to be assessed for it.  She has gone through school without the diagnosis, and I really wish she had had the right support.  I am now pushing as hard as I can, I will not stop until we have answers.  Nothing will stop me, and I am determined to get her the support she deserves.

    Get the ball rolling now.  At your daughter's age expect it to be a long drawn out process.  A lot of paper work and appointments are needed.  Well worth it though to reassure yourself that you are doing everything you can to help your child through school!

    Good luck   Wink

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  • Hi Pinklaces34

    I was the same as you, and I ignored it.  My daughter is now 16 and is really struggling with feelings of depression and emotions (though this is normal teenage stuff).  But seriously, the obsessiveness, the odd behaviour, the swearing at inappropriate times, the aloofness - we just put it down to the that that is just the way she is.  Wrong.  At the age of 16 she is in her final GCSE year, and had the Asperger syndrome been picked up earlier she would have had the help and support she needed.  My daughter has not yet been diagnosed with Asperger's - she is about to be assessed for it.  She has gone through school without the diagnosis, and I really wish she had had the right support.  I am now pushing as hard as I can, I will not stop until we have answers.  Nothing will stop me, and I am determined to get her the support she deserves.

    Get the ball rolling now.  At your daughter's age expect it to be a long drawn out process.  A lot of paper work and appointments are needed.  Well worth it though to reassure yourself that you are doing everything you can to help your child through school!

    Good luck   Wink

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