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well here goes ...Hi

jakz

Im the mother of a 16 year old who has just been diagnosed with HFA and who has serious mental health isses, aswell .......guess I knew but kept being told NO..

would be great to talk to others in similar situation as sometimes I just stand alone wondering what to do next.

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  • This sounds quite similar to me. 

    I was diagnosed just before I was 16, and I am just 17 (my birthday is in January, rubish time of year for a birthday if you ask me) 

    I had some issues with my mental health too, and I have my mum to care for who has mental health problems. Although unlike your daughted I do not have mental health problems so I am told. Now I am diagnosed with autism they say all my unhappyness is from constant change and not being listend to-which I would mostly agree with. And that everyone has bad days of course. 

    Thinking about what to do next, having a full time course and a job sounds hard. I started this year with 4 AS levels but now droped to 2 as it was too much, and I am still unhappy. 
    Have you considerd reducing the amount of things she does? Yes of course having routine and structure is importat but having too many things gives pressurs of always having to be doing things that are hard. 
    Or you could think about a more specialist collage if that would be right for her. I am looking into it for myself as I am struggling where I am now, I also heard about collages that cater for people with Autism. Their is a list here althogh I admit it is really long someone sugested it to me. www.autism.org.uk/.../colleges-for-students-with-autism-or-asperger-syndrome.aspx

    Hope this helps, and keep going. I know it can be hard but it will be even harder if you give up. 
    Amy  

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  • This sounds quite similar to me. 

    I was diagnosed just before I was 16, and I am just 17 (my birthday is in January, rubish time of year for a birthday if you ask me) 

    I had some issues with my mental health too, and I have my mum to care for who has mental health problems. Although unlike your daughted I do not have mental health problems so I am told. Now I am diagnosed with autism they say all my unhappyness is from constant change and not being listend to-which I would mostly agree with. And that everyone has bad days of course. 

    Thinking about what to do next, having a full time course and a job sounds hard. I started this year with 4 AS levels but now droped to 2 as it was too much, and I am still unhappy. 
    Have you considerd reducing the amount of things she does? Yes of course having routine and structure is importat but having too many things gives pressurs of always having to be doing things that are hard. 
    Or you could think about a more specialist collage if that would be right for her. I am looking into it for myself as I am struggling where I am now, I also heard about collages that cater for people with Autism. Their is a list here althogh I admit it is really long someone sugested it to me. www.autism.org.uk/.../colleges-for-students-with-autism-or-asperger-syndrome.aspx

    Hope this helps, and keep going. I know it can be hard but it will be even harder if you give up. 
    Amy  

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