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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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  • Hi my eldest (age 9) had this exact issue and we were worried we wouldn’t be listened to as school didn’t support the assessment due to him successfully masking at school and being a high achiever academically. We were listened to and the clinicians were very aware that masking is common and knew what to look out for in their interview with him. We got a referral through the gp as we have concerns about how the constant masking impacts on our son’s mental health. We didn’t keep a diary but it would have been helpful to have really specific incidents to refer to ~ luckily we had many we could remember to refer to! 

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  • Hi my eldest (age 9) had this exact issue and we were worried we wouldn’t be listened to as school didn’t support the assessment due to him successfully masking at school and being a high achiever academically. We were listened to and the clinicians were very aware that masking is common and knew what to look out for in their interview with him. We got a referral through the gp as we have concerns about how the constant masking impacts on our son’s mental health. We didn’t keep a diary but it would have been helpful to have really specific incidents to refer to ~ luckily we had many we could remember to refer to! 

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