I'm an autistic dad of a not formally diagnosed autistic daughter - who is now aged 27 I think she knows she's autistic but doesn't outwardly acknowledge it as much as I do - I hope and believe that is because her insight into the condition began developing far earlier than mine and she is more comfortable in society than I was at the same age.
Good advice to learn what one can -
might also be worth finding a book aimed at teenagers, girls too so your daughter can gen up on it? Was one recommended on this website via a chat a dew weeks ago, sorry can't recall the title.
It is somewhat ironic that being independent is tricky when one is autistic as by the initial terminology an autistic person prefers to be on their own!
General consensus I hold to is that being autistic is of itself not problematic however the problems arise as a consequence of living in a predominantly non-autistic society and perhaps the experiences you sadly find are part of that.
My lovely daughter is doing very well if that helps give some optimism for the future. I must say tho' that the journey hasn't been plain sailing.
