My 12 yr old daughter was recently diagnosed with autism, (although, I knew from when she was at least 2 yrs old, but had to fight for a diagnosis). She currently hasnt been in school for almost 4 weeks. I don't know what has triggered it, she says she wants to go but her body is stopping her ( anxiety). She is a lovely, sweet girl and I hate seeing her like this. Camhs have declined my referral. I haven't had contact with the school send team since the beginning of last week< I feel completely on my own, I don't know what I should be doing, I cant get a G.P appointment, I know my daughter needs to talk to someone before she can go back to school. I 'm worried she's going to get worse and never go back. I've emailed another support service but that can take 4 weeks, is it only at crisis point that support is available? Or if you have the funds to go privately? Has anyone any suggestions that I'm missing?
