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Assessment for ASD - advice please

Vivian

Hello all,

This is my first time here. I am experiencing high levels of stress as we are in the process of contacting the right services and waiting from MindMate to triage my 10 year old daughter's case...hoping that they will refer her for an assessment to CAMHS.

She struggles a lot lately with socialising, denies to go to school (begging me for home-schooling), more meltdowns when she is overwhelmed, and incident of self-harm...and there is this doubt whether she is not autistic even though indications show that she probably is (as psychologist also saw indications).

Any advice you have from your experience will be greatly helpful, on how to help the services (and clinicians who will meet her) see who she really is behind the mask. I have started keeping a diary some days, hoping that will help...

thanks and take care.

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  • Hi and welcome to the community! Sorry to hear your family is having a hard time at the moment, Hopfully this might help:

    You may find this useful as it is important the professional you see has experience of autism spectrum disorders. You can find details of diagnostic services on our Autism Services Directory in the Assessment and diagnosis section: http://www.autism.org.uk/directory.aspx 

    We know that this can be a stressful time, but it's important to know that you're not alone, and that we're here to help.

    If you have further questions, you may like to contact our Autism Helpline team. They can provide you with information and advice about getting a diagnosis. You can call them on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Friday 10am to 3pm). Please note that the Helpline is experiencing a high volume of calls and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an adviser.

    SarahMod

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  • Hi and welcome to the community! Sorry to hear your family is having a hard time at the moment, Hopfully this might help:

    You may find this useful as it is important the professional you see has experience of autism spectrum disorders. You can find details of diagnostic services on our Autism Services Directory in the Assessment and diagnosis section: http://www.autism.org.uk/directory.aspx 

    We know that this can be a stressful time, but it's important to know that you're not alone, and that we're here to help.

    If you have further questions, you may like to contact our Autism Helpline team. They can provide you with information and advice about getting a diagnosis. You can call them on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Friday 10am to 3pm). Please note that the Helpline is experiencing a high volume of calls and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an adviser.

    SarahMod

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