Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi my name is Granny....Our daughter is 13 yrs old in a few weeks.
She was diagnosed with Autism early around 4-5 yrs old.. She has very high Anxiety and this causes many problems, as she also has an eating disorder, she self harms and now going through the Hormonal stage of puberty ...%$!!&£$% help !!
We are now looking into P.D.A. and wondering if there are any other parents who might have the like same problems...
we live in the North East of England, there are many organisations but would like to know more from other parents
Hello and welcome to the group.
I'm so sorry to learn about your situation, I fully understand how heart breaking it is as parent, when our loved one is harming themselves. I can't better the advice above, I can only empathize with your situation and assure you that you're not alone.
This is a great community and there is a lot of help in the links above.
I wish you all the very best.
Kind Regards
Dan
Hi NAS12885
Thank you for sharing this with the community. I'm sorry to hear that you are going through such a tough time with your daughter. You may want to use our Autism Services Directory to search for appropriate support groups in your area. You can find the Directory here: https://www.autism.org.uk/directory.
You may like to have a look at the mental health section of our website which has useful links to information and advice about a range of mental health issues: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/mental-health
The information on these page may be of particular interest:
https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/mental-health/anxiety
https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/mental-health/self-harm
I hope this helps,
ChloeMod