Sweetpea23
New Member
My daughter was recently diagnosed with autism. She is 14 and what you would consider ‘high functioning’ although has had significant problems over the years. Obviously she knows there is something as she has been involved in the meetings/appointments etc but has effectively shut off to any discussions whatsoever. She came to the final diagnosis but in her mind it was to put an end to all the appointments etc. She told me that if she came in to the final appointment then I was never to tell her the outcome and I basically was never to bring it up again. So, I have tried a couple of times to broach it and she shuts me down.
We are now at the point that her teachers are aware but she is not (although she probably is deep down). I just wondered if anyone had any advice on how best to tell her. She is very conscious of her ‘image’ and doesn’t want to be different in any way. I feel this will be the key to understanding herself better but I don’t want to get it wrong! Many thanks![Folded hands: light skin tone :pray_tone1: 🙏🏻](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f64f-1f3fb.png)
We are now at the point that her teachers are aware but she is not (although she probably is deep down). I just wondered if anyone had any advice on how best to tell her. She is very conscious of her ‘image’ and doesn’t want to be different in any way. I feel this will be the key to understanding herself better but I don’t want to get it wrong! Many thanks
![Folded hands: light skin tone :pray_tone1: 🙏🏻](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f64f-1f3fb.png)