Hello
my adult daughter has recently been diagnosed with high functioning autism. She has struggled with anxiety For the last few years and now this latest diagnosis. We were a really close family until she went off to university when all these problems came to light, with her anxiety, although initially she didn’t tell us and we were not aware until things were pretty bad. There was some strange behaviour, for example we would arrange things and at the last minute she would say she wasn’t coming. She has had a string of doctors and diagnoses, but now been diagnosed as high functioning autistic. However instead of being able to help her I have been blamed for all her problems and she now won’t come home and hasn’t been home for over two years. Her latest councillor said she had to do what makes her happy and apparently it’s my fault and she says she was bullied at school and can’t come back. I wasn’t aware of any of this whilst she was at home as a teenager, this has all come out since she left home to go to university. There didn’t appear to be any problems when she was at home, she was a happy, confident teenager
i really don’t know what I can do to help, support her. I feel rejected, I would like to be part of her life but how do we resolve this. I feel. Am being u fairly blamed based on something my daughter has picked up from a counsellor. Any help and suggestions would be gratefully received To understand high functioning autism and how we can get our family back together.