Hi, I am new here. In fact, my daughter has just been diagnosed wth Autism so it's all feeling very new, raw and real. I guess I suspected it but the diagnosis has hit a bit harder than I imagined. I thought I would have been relieved and empowered, and I am... But also sad and angry than she has to walk this path and fearful of the challenges she might face. It's been a hard day with her so I'm probably speaking out of emotion. Anyone else feel this after diagnosis?
Anyway, the real reason I am posting is... She struggles socially. She's very confident and chatty but doesn't reciprocate in conversation. Doesn't ask questions, can steamrole her views,stories etc through, can become frustrated if someone has a differing opinion and when she is told off for something she flies off the handle at the injustice of it. For example today she blew in someone's face. They did it back, she did it back and got told off by the gymnastics instructor. She ran away shouting in rage because they did it to her, even though she started it. Then in the car I talked about that and another incident where she was throwing these foam things at people. Instead of accepting she'd done wrong, she said 'well they weren't sad about it so it's fine'. But it's not, it's not respectful or what the teacher was saying to do. Anyway... Apart from lots and lots of discussions are there any professional services I can access that can teach her somr of these life skills? I feel so out of my depth and overwhelmed and want to help her learn these skills. I also think hearing it from someone else's other than us is a good idea.
