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A statement for my HFA daughter year 7!

tbag

Hi all

Just to update you all and offer hope to others;

My now 12 year old daughter has been given a statement and a place in a school with a base for autism! (massive sigh of relief!). This is despite having good literacy skills and her primary school and high school (which she only attended 8 times!) both telling the Educational psychologist that they didn't notice any problems. If you read my previous postings you will see my daughter had massive problems at school, but all of the suffering was her's. She was well behaved and did her work, thats all that mattered to them! It has been a real struggle to get her any support, she is passive autistic and has a blank expression that doesn't show signs of distress until she gets home and lets it all out. Her cognative age was 7 on the psychologists test, the school did not notice!!!!

But we have got there in the end! This is hopefully the start of proper help and understanding for her! :)

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  • Still so similar!  The difference is, my daughter was off for a whole half term with anxiety and the professionals wouldn't believe me!  She had a home visit from CAMHS to do a mental health assessment and had told a variety of professionals it was school making her in the state she was in and they were still blaming me!  Saying I was inventing it and causing her anxiety.  I did everything the right way too, seeking professional input and doing everything to support her.  My younger child is also more severely on the spectrum in some aspects.

    Afraid there is no PM facility on here!

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  • Still so similar!  The difference is, my daughter was off for a whole half term with anxiety and the professionals wouldn't believe me!  She had a home visit from CAMHS to do a mental health assessment and had told a variety of professionals it was school making her in the state she was in and they were still blaming me!  Saying I was inventing it and causing her anxiety.  I did everything the right way too, seeking professional input and doing everything to support her.  My younger child is also more severely on the spectrum in some aspects.

    Afraid there is no PM facility on here!

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