Daughter has stopped going outside

Hi , I'm really stuck on what to do ,  my daughter is 12,  she has been out of education for nearly 4 years due to having a mental breakdown from masking from age 5 is school until she could no longer do it anymore it affected her mental health, 

Over the years we have tried everything to get her back into school but everything made her worse,  she struggles lots of different things like change, has lots of sensory difficulties, and sadly sheshe doesn't  like people Pensiveso over the last few months I have seen her decline from the outside world, saying it's too noisy or too many people, to the point now she cant go outside to see her rabbits, 

This is so upsetting because we have been waiting for her to have a autism diagnosis, the school where she is on roll with don't believe she is autistic and have sent a welfare officer around to our home which caused my daughter a lot of stress, we can't even mention the word school and she becomes anxious, I'm stuck as noe she won't go outside I'm feeling the school will get the social services round all they want is her diagnosis but when I ring up about how much longer the lady told me they didn't have enough evidence so after two years still not getting anywhere hope someone can help please

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  • Hi, my input probably isn't going to be great, but I spent six years without leaving the houes at all and I've isolated for twenty years after leaving school at ten or so. The thing for me that helps the most is music and headphones, it really helps block out the outside world. As for leaving the house.... I was forcibly dragged outside, so not the best experience. Have you thought about bringing the rabbits closer to the house? It might seem silly but not having as far to go outside might be the beginnings of a first step.

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  • Hi, my input probably isn't going to be great, but I spent six years without leaving the houes at all and I've isolated for twenty years after leaving school at ten or so. The thing for me that helps the most is music and headphones, it really helps block out the outside world. As for leaving the house.... I was forcibly dragged outside, so not the best experience. Have you thought about bringing the rabbits closer to the house? It might seem silly but not having as far to go outside might be the beginnings of a first step.

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