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Help! Don't want to lose my friend!

Milky Way

Good evening! 

Sorry if this has posted twice! Looking for some advice. I have a very good friend we went to school together and now have children the same age. She has a 4 year old son with non verbal autism since his diagnosis she has distanced herself from me. 

how can I help her? 

Thanks you 

  • Former Member
    Former Member

    She may be really struggling to cope with the diagnosis and she may see it as a disaster. It is possible that she will resent or be jealous of people that are sailing through without the issues that she is having to deal with. People often become withdrawn and preoccupied in crises. Keep offering to help and keep being nice to her. Keep being positive but don't take control.

    Some children will come through a non-verbal phase in time. Your friend will need help to keep her spirits up to get through this or to come to an acceptance that what will be will be.