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Recently diagnosed but uninterested teenager

Clairey73

Recently diagnosed 16 year old who was very happy to have an assessment (as he thought he might be able to have a laptop in the classroom) but now doesnt want to talk about it at all. I hoped it would be a relief for him but he is not interested in hearing about any of it. Is it ok for me to just leave it alone? He has lots of autistic friends at school some more obvious than others but I worry that it isnt the breakthrough that it is for lots of people.

Will it come with time? Thank you so much for reading

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  • As I understand it, he was happy to have the assessment, has lots of autistic friends, and can now get support at school if he needs it. Why do you think he needs to talk about it? 

    It could be that he already knew he was autistic, and he hasn't changed - he's still the same person he always was, so it's just a label to help him get support. not a "breakthrough" . Sometimes the family of the autistic person may have more problems accepting their relative's diagnosis than the individual being diagnosed.

    As long as he seems ok, I wouldn't worry about him.

  • in reply to Lotus

    Thank you, Its not that I have a problem accepting it I just hoped he would find it a relief and wondered if it would come. During the assessment he didn't even understand that he was diagnosed that day and believed he was still waiting for a diagnosis so i had to tell him myself. He just seems switched off from it all.

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  • in reply to Lotus

    Thank you, Its not that I have a problem accepting it I just hoped he would find it a relief and wondered if it would come. During the assessment he didn't even understand that he was diagnosed that day and believed he was still waiting for a diagnosis so i had to tell him myself. He just seems switched off from it all.

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