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Depressed ASD teenager

nickymum
over 5 years ago

My 15 year old son has high functioning ASD but had to leave mainstream school two years ago due to his aggressive behaviour..he was out of school for a year and lost all his friends from mainstream as he didn’t want to talk to anyone. He is now at a specialist school but as it is very small, he hasn’t made any friends... he is incredibly depressed.. I have taken him to the dr who wants him to contact the youth council long team which my son will not do because he had trust issues ... I have looked for outside clubs for him but as he has problems with his elbows, it can’t be physical and the cadets etc will not look at new applications until September... I am so worried about him as he is now talking about self harm ... I am absolutely at my wits end...

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  • over 5 years ago

    Sorry to hear about these struggles. It seemed that he has had friends in mainstream school before he left. Changing environment could be a potentially helpful way to deal with depression. Might it be possible for him to try to attend a different mainstream school, maybe he could meet new friends there?

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  • over 5 years ago

    Sorry to hear about these struggles. It seemed that he has had friends in mainstream school before he left. Changing environment could be a potentially helpful way to deal with depression. Might it be possible for him to try to attend a different mainstream school, maybe he could meet new friends there?

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