So, we are both ND "high functioning" parents - aka high maskers (maybe lately I'm not aaaaaaaas good anymore).
My son is "normal" to us, but we were both diagnosed as adults so whatever we thought was "normal" for a child to do is from a ND "normal" perspective - what he does at least one of us did when we were kids.
He is only 5, but teacher says in many items he's doing above and well done for us on encouraging him on topics - we're not doing anything "special" at home, but it seems whatever we do works.
My son asks me to please not send him to school. I loved school growing up - but I was a teacher's pet. My husband "hated it" because it was super boring and he wanted to do other stuff.
Son says it is boring and he wants to stay home. My heart breaks. He's got two friends he plays with (both came from same nursery), but even saying "you won't see them anymore if you don't go to school" my son says that's ok.
I'm pretty sure he masks at school and we all know that is heavy to sustain. We used to have issues at beginning of reception but I think he soon realized it would be better for him to conform to the norm at school. At home luckily we all are what we are because me and dad understand how horrible is the rest of the day pretending.
If I talk to SENCO and mention that - do you think they could offer any help even though my son goes brilliant on subjects and masks "good enough" to not get in trouble anymore?
I'm afraid of disclosing the family background, get "labelled" as a family and not get the help in the end.
Anyone that went through same situation?