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Masking in school

NAS83227

Hi. I am just starting the ball going with looking at diagnosis for aspergers/autism for my 6 year old, and possibly also my 9 year old.... so so so many asperger type signs at home and out and about e.g parties but do not show any at school that make it obvious.... anyone else have same issue and any advice please?

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  • My son's primary school said they could not see the signs although when I went in for open mornings to a lesson I could see him zoning out. He did mask at school and I guess with other children a quiet masking child is less obvious.

    Parties also caused anxiety for my son.

    I kept mentioning it to school and any problems and eventually got a referral from GP but school not observing the autism made a long wait before diagnosis.

    What I did do was keep a diary of anything relevant particularly things that happened out of school but were connected to difficulties in school. You could ask for a meeting with the SENCO to discuss problems related to masking in school.

    Through perseverance he was finally diagnosed after he moved to Secondary school. So my advice is persevere if you believe your child is autistic.

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  • My son's primary school said they could not see the signs although when I went in for open mornings to a lesson I could see him zoning out. He did mask at school and I guess with other children a quiet masking child is less obvious.

    Parties also caused anxiety for my son.

    I kept mentioning it to school and any problems and eventually got a referral from GP but school not observing the autism made a long wait before diagnosis.

    What I did do was keep a diary of anything relevant particularly things that happened out of school but were connected to difficulties in school. You could ask for a meeting with the SENCO to discuss problems related to masking in school.

    Through perseverance he was finally diagnosed after he moved to Secondary school. So my advice is persevere if you believe your child is autistic.

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