Published on 12, July, 2020
I feel totally frazzled by my daughters behaviour, which seems to be getting worse. I've thought there was something a little different about her from the age of 2, but couldn't quite put my finger on it. Anyone out there with experience in Autism in girls, please could you have a read of my notes below and see if you can relate to any of this behaviour? Not sure where to go with this - hope she grows out of the behaviours, seek help etc.
Here are her little quirks:
First step in the process is in progress - her teacher has arranged for their SENCO teacher to observe Elsie in class. We then have a meeting at the school with her class teacher and the SENCO teacher to discuss further in a weeks time. I strongly expect that they will not see a whole lot of what we experience at home, because she masks so well. But will be interesting to see.
EH123 said:First step in the process is in progress - her teacher has arranged for their SENCO teacher to observe Elsie in class. We then have a meeting at the school with her class teacher and the SENCO teacher to discuss further in a weeks time. I strongly expect that they will not see a whole lot of what we experience at home, because she masks so well. But will be interesting to see.
If it might be of any use ~ there is a paper called "Putting on My Best Normal"; Camouflaging in Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions ~ that explains (and diagrammatically presents) the masking process and could help as such to better format how you assess your daughter's behaviour and therefore help the assessment process whilst your at it, possibly.