HELLO

Am exactly in the same boat as you hun and would also love any advice. My daughter is struggling in school more than at home . She seems to want to be playing alone rather than with others. She needs 1to 1 help with activities she has also some difficulty in following instructions other than that her behaviour is no issue

Welcome. Glad to hear your daughter has got diagnosed at a reasonably early stage, for a girl anyway! I have 2 girls in their 20's with ASD & am awaiting assessment myself. It took many years for my girls to be diagnosed. Now you have the diagnosis what is your next hurdle to jump? EHCP for school, if you haven't already? Have you been on one of the courses they send parents on post-diagnosis yet? (Early-Bird or Cygnet.) 

You may be aware, ASD is generally genetic, so chances are that you, your partner, both of you or another family member are also on the spectrum. Since I know what to look for finally I have spotted it in both mine & my exes families. Kids didn't stand a chance with their gene pool lol. 

Welcome

poor thing

Do you know if this is in the family? 

my son went through a period of this behaviour at 2-3 but we discovered it only happened after he ate chocolate (wish I’d known how bad it is for little ones). 

things like that are scary for parents. He has dyslexia, though. And is highly sensitive to sound. 

Being Nuevo-divergent myself, and having many more “issues” than he seems to, it’s been easy to be understanding. I sometimes think it’s good to be curious about who they become, because assumptions can get in the way of seeking to understand our children. But it’s also good to help identify similar genetic traits we feel are familiar as it helps with mindfulness and connexion. 

all children want to feel understood and accepted. They’ll also mimic everything we do regardless of what is said, so I’ve simply tried to always spend time growing into a human that is good for them to be like. :) 

Hi

when she was 3 she used bang her head on  flood and the wall she cant cope cope with change and she have terrible anxiety  when she get frustrated or she cant do something she slap her self and she pull her hair  also she doesn't know the danger at all . everyday i learn new think about her 

Hi

Welcome aboard.  

Can you tell us what sort of behaviours were the trigger for the diagnosis?      Our most common problem seems to revolve around stress - and not being able to cope with it and the anxiety that causes - the total inability to cope with unknowns.