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Sadness in Autistic Child

Mimiflur

My son is in Year 8 and has been diagnosed with school anxiety since Year 5.  He has been on the waiting list for an Autism Assessment for three years.  He in attending school when he feels able to and they have put a lot of support in to help him.  He is coming to the end of his twelve weeks of Therapy but is still saying he feels sad but can't explain why.  This causes him to miss school.  Any advice please, Thanks

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  • Unfortunately a three year wait for an assessment isn't unusual at the moment, but if you live in England you are entitled to make use of the right to choose option. 

    You can speak to your GP about this.  Unfortunately this doesn't apply to the rest of the UK. 

    Here's the link to the NAS pages on depression, which may give you some insights.  Wishing you good luck going forward. 

    www.autism.org.uk/.../depression

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  • Unfortunately a three year wait for an assessment isn't unusual at the moment, but if you live in England you are entitled to make use of the right to choose option. 

    You can speak to your GP about this.  Unfortunately this doesn't apply to the rest of the UK. 

    Here's the link to the NAS pages on depression, which may give you some insights.  Wishing you good luck going forward. 

    www.autism.org.uk/.../depression

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