Hello, first of all let me introduce myself. I’m Louise, mum to Mia who is 14 and currently undiagnosed. She has always been a quirky child and I’ve suspected for some time she is somewhere on the ASD spectrum. We have now decided that we should look at getting a diagnosis as she is struggling in many areas at school and home. Mia dislikes any where that is busy, noisy and gets very overwhelmed. This then makes her anxious and frustrated. This can happen even if she made the suggestion to go somewhere. We don’t want to not be able to go out so I’m wondering if you have any good ideas with coping mechanisms? Mia describes that everything sounds so loud when she is out and that her back gets all tense so she feels extremely tense. She is always exhausted when we get back and needs time in her room by herself.
sorry for the long post,
looking forward to getting to know you all x
