My 12 year old daughter has just been through private assessment process and Doctor has told us she has 'atypical autism' because she only met 2/3 of key criteria. Because she has good social skills the psychologist didn't feel she was autistic. Psychiatrist however felt she did meet the threshold in other ways. To be clear I'm not necessarily disputing their findings - it's true she does have good social skills. But she gets exhausted by masking at school and her appearing sociable is perhaps a red herring. That said we're hopeful the doctor is going to provide us with documentation that will at least get the school on board. She doesn't need SEN help as such as she's high-functioning and enjoys academic work, it's more the social pressures that come with adolescence and I wany to ensure the school understand her neurodiversity. I've googled 'atypical autism' and it doesn't appear to list on any key NHS sites or autism charity sites so I'm wondering where it fits in and have we been fobbed off? Any advice appreciated.
