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Daughter (audtsitic /ADD) aged 15 struggling with friendships and isolation.

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I have an undiagnosed daughter who I think has autism / ADD.  She has severe skin picking issues which I believe are caused by anxiety, and is really struggling at school with socialising.  She is 15, in Yr 10, but only really has one friend dating back from primary school.  She cries some evenings because she tries to speak to people at school but they don't engage and she says she doesn't know how to start a conversation or understand what people talk about.  It's devastating not knowing how to help.  Any advice really valued. 

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  • Hey there :) my son diagnosed at 18 ...he basically pulled all his hair out at school..he is 24 now and.will if stress pick at his head  ,,,you can do things to.help make sure you get them.to exercise it will help expel some of the anxious energy it helps sleep etc and generally overall..also look at diet and watch obvious stuff that's going to.make your child's.mood be down or hyper etc. How it works is that..s my son explains it to me is....autistic people want to be able to socialize etc they crave it as.its part of being.human.and what a human being needs however lthough they  they can't tolerate it..its basically really stressful they don't have the tools like most do to socialize the things someone without autism can do as it comes natural...it's like someone with no legs trying to climb a mountain..its not fun its really hard yet at same time.e.they need and crave human interaction you see.. I would suggest if you can fi nd somewhere with other autistic children that your child can mix with then they may not feel so alone at least..but I have same problem in that there are no such places..I mean here is this charity for autism yet I see no evidence of anything concrete my son in get involved In...

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  • Hey there :) my son diagnosed at 18 ...he basically pulled all his hair out at school..he is 24 now and.will if stress pick at his head  ,,,you can do things to.help make sure you get them.to exercise it will help expel some of the anxious energy it helps sleep etc and generally overall..also look at diet and watch obvious stuff that's going to.make your child's.mood be down or hyper etc. How it works is that..s my son explains it to me is....autistic people want to be able to socialize etc they crave it as.its part of being.human.and what a human being needs however lthough they  they can't tolerate it..its basically really stressful they don't have the tools like most do to socialize the things someone without autism can do as it comes natural...it's like someone with no legs trying to climb a mountain..its not fun its really hard yet at same time.e.they need and crave human interaction you see.. I would suggest if you can fi nd somewhere with other autistic children that your child can mix with then they may not feel so alone at least..but I have same problem in that there are no such places..I mean here is this charity for autism yet I see no evidence of anything concrete my son in get involved In...

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