Hi. I have a 14 year old daughter, working on diagnosis for autism. She is super bright, kind, loves animals. She has difficulty making and keeping friends and over the last 2 years has had increasingly worsening meltdowns and has seemed to develop OCD. She treats me and anything I touch as contaminated - presumably since I am also a nurse. Her grades suffer as she has difficulty asking for help if she missed directions or doesnt understand something. Having trouble getting her a formal diagnosis finding someone to do testing that isnt over a year waiting list or thousands of dollars. Her school is going to test but keeps pushing back saying its not “medical” and doesnt mean anything outside of school. Any advice particularly if anyone has child whose struggles seemed to explode in middle school and possibly with OCD as well?

Posted by Rubyheels at 2024-11-13 22:07:23 UTC