Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, my child is now 11yo and really struggling at secondary school. We have seen a specialist when she was younger but just said “she has tendencies but not enough to diagnose. As the years have gone on my child has become more and more ‘different’ to other children. Every doctor I’ve seen has pushed us away with excuses of it’s normal child behaviour, to anxiety to normal teen/school stress. I haven’t a clue where to go or what to think anymore. Is my child on the autistic spectrum or just weird and quirky?!?…..
Analyse them. Look for routines, repetitive behaviours and deficits with social interaction. Anything you find normal or quirky might not be the norm for other children, and take this information back to the GP.My daughter was quirky. I didn’t realise she was autistic until she was 10 or 11. No one listened to me, and we were sent from pillar to post for 6 years before she got referred. The assessment was poor, and geared towards boys. She didn’t get a diagnosis.
Two years later I went private. She got her Autism diagnosis at 17, along with ADHD and Dyspraxia. Funny how the NHS youth diagnostic team said she didn’t have any issues.
You need to keep on fighting until you get answers.