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School advised daughter likely autistic but should not get her tested

Swimswim

Hi,

I'm hoping to hear other people's advice and personal experiences please. My daughter is 7 and is showing more and more autistic traits. She struggles socially at school,  preferring to spend time on her own. She cannot cope with changes in routine, and it results in massive meltdowns if there are the the tiniest changes. There's more, but I'll keep the post brief.

At a school SENCO meeting about her sibling the SENCO mentioned that my daughter could be Autistic, but advised that getting a diagnosis may be harmful for her. She is incredibly intelligent, working at roughly the level of an 8-9 year old despite only bring 7, and the school SENCO was concerned that a diagnosis would only hold her back in the future if she were to face stigma because of it. She explained that my daughter clearly does not need any academic support due to her autism, and she did not feel that she would get any benefit from a diagnosis with her emotional and social needs.

I would love to hear other people's advice and experiences please, as parents or people with Autism. Thank you

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  • I can only speak from my own experience, but I too was fairly successful at school on the academic front. Where everything fell apart for me was university where social and collaborative working comes to the fore. I dropped out of a bricks and mortar establishment and progressed via the OU where at the time I could mostly work solo.  But I believe even that now places more emphasis on collaborating with fellow students. I suspect these days an autism diagnosis would activate more assistance at least in the educational setting. 

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  • I can only speak from my own experience, but I too was fairly successful at school on the academic front. Where everything fell apart for me was university where social and collaborative working comes to the fore. I dropped out of a bricks and mortar establishment and progressed via the OU where at the time I could mostly work solo.  But I believe even that now places more emphasis on collaborating with fellow students. I suspect these days an autism diagnosis would activate more assistance at least in the educational setting. 

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