My 16-year-old daughter has recently been diagnosed with ASD and we suspect ADHD is also present but there is no referral pathway for assessment in our area until she is 19. Thankfully school have been fantastic and are assuming ADHD also needs support without the official guidance.
She is high functioning and unbelievably resilient. She has stepped into 6th form full of confidence and excitement but 3 weeks in and the cracks are beginning to show. One of the areas I feel I should be able to easily help her with is her light sensitivity, but I don't know where to start. School is going to turn down the white boards to reduce the glare and turn off some of the overhead lights (they are all strip lights which are well known to cause light issues). She has been told about tinted glasses, but when I've googled all sorts of things come up. Do I go to an optician for this or is it something the ASD support team can help me with?