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Daughter - ASD, ADHD, or “naughty”

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I’m new to this community.

5 YO daughters teacher has suggested I reach out to other ASD parents.

Our daughter is bright, top of class, intelligent, compliant and attentive all day at school. She comes home and implodes most days. Makes animal grunting noises, impulsive screaming and shouting, blows raspberries, hits me, stamps on me. Will have periods of being kind and cuddly, but then picks a fight over something small (todays outburst = tv remote). 

We go through periods when this behaviour doesn’t present at all, for times of weeks on end. But it’s currently back and I have to tread on eggshells around her in fear of her next outburst.

Any other similar experiences? I’m not looking for a diagnosis - just whether there is any perception that I should pursue this any further. 

Thanks in advance 

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  • Imagine you lived in a world that kind of made sense to you. But then every day you were forcibly sent for several hours to a world that did not make sense to you. A world that constantly feels like walking on the razors edge. And because you’re very smart and hard-working you balance on that razors edge. in fact you make it look easy. even though every day you look down at that sharp blade and feel terror. And you don’t think to make a fuss about it because everybody acts like it’s the most normal thing in the world. And because you enjoy the praise and the affirmation of everyone telling you of how good you are at it.

    but each day as they help you step down off that blade you are mentally and physically exhausted. And all that stress and frustration and anxiety has to go somewhere has to be discharged. It’s only after you step down off the blade thaT you have the luxury of letting yourself go. That’s what school can feel like to bright autistic children.

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  • Imagine you lived in a world that kind of made sense to you. But then every day you were forcibly sent for several hours to a world that did not make sense to you. A world that constantly feels like walking on the razors edge. And because you’re very smart and hard-working you balance on that razors edge. in fact you make it look easy. even though every day you look down at that sharp blade and feel terror. And you don’t think to make a fuss about it because everybody acts like it’s the most normal thing in the world. And because you enjoy the praise and the affirmation of everyone telling you of how good you are at it.

    but each day as they help you step down off that blade you are mentally and physically exhausted. And all that stress and frustration and anxiety has to go somewhere has to be discharged. It’s only after you step down off the blade thaT you have the luxury of letting yourself go. That’s what school can feel like to bright autistic children.

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