Hi, my daughter is 11 and received her diagnosis yesterday.
I have a question for any others who are diagnosed (self or official)
if there was one thing someone could have told you when you were diagnosed what would it had been?
is there anything you wish you had known?
thank you
Wish I had been taught how to make friends, as odd as that sounds. And what not to do, to avoid losing them, what hurts others feelings. Sounds obvious but it wasn’t to me.
It would have helped me decades ago to know why other kids thought I was weird, I think knowing would have made it more ‘OK’ as at the time did not understand why I was bullied. Then again it could have made me more introverted to know I was different, but would have helped to have a reason. It’s important to know how to show friendship, find others with common interests, to be able to help build the social skill set that comes to neurotypicals naturally.
good luck to your daughter, everything will be OK 
Wish I had been taught how to make friends, as odd as that sounds. And what not to do, to avoid losing them, what hurts others feelings. Sounds obvious but it wasn’t to me.
It would have helped me decades ago to know why other kids thought I was weird, I think knowing would have made it more ‘OK’ as at the time did not understand why I was bullied. Then again it could have made me more introverted to know I was different, but would have helped to have a reason. It’s important to know how to show friendship, find others with common interests, to be able to help build the social skill set that comes to neurotypicals naturally.
good luck to your daughter, everything will be OK
