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Girls with Aspergers/ASD

ChelleandBelle78

Hi all, 

I'm new on the forum. My daughter is 14 yrs old and has high functioning Autism. Teachers have always said that she is 'fine' at school but she struggles massively with anxiety. Mostly social anxiety but often has meltdowns (at home) due to too much pressure at school. She has never recieved any help accademically, even though she struggles due to slow mental processing and perception problems because she hides everything to avoid attention at school. So when i approach the school to ask for help and support they play everything down. Only people who are close to her see how much she struggles and I feel let down just because she doesn't fall within the category of children on the spectrum who show obvious signs of distress. 

Does anyone else find this? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. 

Michelle x 

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  • I am concerned that my 14 year old daughter has high functioning mild aspergers (if that is a thing) and I don't know if I should get her assessed. She is, likewise, fine academically at school, apart from the massive anxiety she shows at home. Problems appeared when she was younger so I took her to the NHS psyhcologist to try and get help when she was 7 and again at 11. She went once each time, refused to go again and if anything it just made things worse.  If I mention going to see someone now she'll just refuse so I don't know what to do.

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  • I am concerned that my 14 year old daughter has high functioning mild aspergers (if that is a thing) and I don't know if I should get her assessed. She is, likewise, fine academically at school, apart from the massive anxiety she shows at home. Problems appeared when she was younger so I took her to the NHS psyhcologist to try and get help when she was 7 and again at 11. She went once each time, refused to go again and if anything it just made things worse.  If I mention going to see someone now she'll just refuse so I don't know what to do.

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