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Daughters GP appointment

Castle
1 month ago

Hi everyone,

I've not been on for a long while so I hope everyone is well.

I have a question regarding my daughter's appointment with her GP coming up.  Do you think I should write a list of troubles/struggles for when I have the appointment or should I just go and reel everything off what's going on there and then?

I was diagnosed 5 years ago and seeing my daughter already struggling in school and certain teachers getting angry with her and calling her slow really annoys me because I've lived that life at that age too.

I suppose the most annoying thing for me and my wife was that two years ago we filled a sheet of paper in which the school gave us, we handed it in being told it will be forwarded to the nearest referral place and to our astonishment have only just found out she has not been placed on the waiting list all along.

Anyway any advice would be very much appreciated.

Parents
  • 1 month ago

    This sort of thingmakes me so angry, I was always being told 'I could do better' at school and that I was slow, autism hadn't been heard of then and now that theres so much awareness of it theres no excuse for the way your daughters school is behaving. I would try and write a very formal letter of complaint about the lack of promised referal to both the head teacher and board of governers and the effect this is having on your daughter both educationally and personally. I'd certainly  tell the GP of this adn the problems it's caused and is causing, ask them to refer your daughter immediately. Try and remain calm and reasonable but be clear in what you're asking for and why, take a list with you if it helps.

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  • 1 month ago

    This sort of thingmakes me so angry, I was always being told 'I could do better' at school and that I was slow, autism hadn't been heard of then and now that theres so much awareness of it theres no excuse for the way your daughters school is behaving. I would try and write a very formal letter of complaint about the lack of promised referal to both the head teacher and board of governers and the effect this is having on your daughter both educationally and personally. I'd certainly  tell the GP of this adn the problems it's caused and is causing, ask them to refer your daughter immediately. Try and remain calm and reasonable but be clear in what you're asking for and why, take a list with you if it helps.

Children
  • 1 month ago in reply to TheCatWoman

    Hi The Catwoman,

    It's very frustrating to us as parents as we have told the school on numerous occasions we think she maybe autistic just like myself.

    The frustrating thing for me as a child growing up in school is although I would finally understand what was being teached in my own time, it would also need to be explained in a different way for me to understand compared to my classmates. 

    I often remember talking to my dad about maths questions and he would explain it to me and I would think why didn't they explain it that way in class. So frustrating.

    Unfortunately for all that the School places itself in high regard, they certainly don't take what we have said in the past seriously enough to help our daughter.