My 9 year old daughter has been on the camhs waiting list for ASD diagnosis since Summer 2020. Her teacher flagged up that she may be ASD in Year 1 and the school have historically been great in adapting to meet her needs.
However, we are noticing her beginning to struggle more as time goes on (especially socially) and I fear that she is learning to mask her ASD traits and internally suffering to a high degree (She'll often have unexplained meltdowns at home where she can't explain what's happened or upsetting her)
We haven't yet talked to her about the possibility of her being autistic. She suffers on and off with anxiety and we felt she was very young at the start, didn't want her to think there was something is wrong with her. But now she is getting older she is noticing differences herself and I fear she'll reach the conclusion there's something wrong with her (which is obviously not the case, she's a gem!)
What age did people tell children they were possibly ASD? Should I wait until we receive a diagnosis?
