Published on 12, July, 2020
My four year old daughter has 35/40 on Tania A marshell M. Sc warning signs of preschool girls with high functioning aspergers. It's been three months since I had an incling and 5 days since I was 90% sure. I don't know what to do, everything I read online is about how to support boys and girls symptoms are completely different. Any advice at all would be appreciated. Any words of wisdom. Any hope. Thankyou
Hi, have pre-school/ school noticed anything? I would not be surprised if they haven't girls can be quite adept at hiding things.
Try this online test it can help you identify if she may be on the spectrum
psychology-tools.com/.../cast
I would then recommend speaking to gp/health visitor if you are sure and ask for referral for assessment don't let them fob you off!
As plastic has said it is really important to allow her time to decompress after activities or anything she finds stressful a nice quiet area with things to relax her will help.
Keep behaviour logs to learn her stressors and work on reducing/ removing if possible. Watch for stims these can really help identify how she is feeling.
Visual timetables are good as they help with routine
The school hasn't noticed anything but this isn't there strong point. I took your online test and she scored 21/31 but I don't know what they s means. I will try to keep behaviour logs and I made a timetable a couple of days ago, this seems to be helping her. Tha k you.
There is a good training module that nas offer it is now £30 +vat but it really does give some good insight
https://www.autism.org.uk/professionals/training-consultancy/online/women-and-girls.aspx
This was also a good read
http://www.nasen.org.uk/resources/resources.girls-and-autism-flying-under-the-radar.html
There is a website designed around autistic women with a few articles for parents
https://www.spectrumwomen.com/general/the-top-ten-things-parents-should-know-about-girls-on-the-spectrum/
Alot of the resources out there will work you just need adapt slightly to what works for your daughter
Do you know any good resources about specifically young girls with aspergers/ Autism? And I will be fighting its just hard.
The scoring on that test is anything over 15 should be considered for referral, I would recommend pursuing diagnosis, we weren't to bothered when our daughter was younger now are struggling to get assessment as she is good at masking which is bad for her.
Diagnosis also means that she can access further support if she needs it.
Good luck with the school