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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also if ANYONE knows any support groups for teen girls with ADHD/autism, please let us know

It would be so nice for teens to meet others like them, talk in a group setting with a therapist, and even have parent connections if interested. I feel like all teen therapy groups for girls are for ED’s, which is definitely needed, but I wish there were more for ND girls especially ones that are late diagnosed or in denial etc.. [/quote]

FWIW, my now-20-yr-old daughter has mild autism and severe social anxiety. She is/was a decent masker but socially awkward in conversations with small groups and even one-on-one she would get nervous about what to say next or how to read people. But she was socially aware enough and high-functioning enough to recognize her own deficit in this area. When I suggested at 13/14 that we might find a social skills/conversation group therapy-type situation she literally rolled her eyes and said “I don’t think being in a group of people who also have a hard time with this is going to help me be better at this.”
And she wasn’t interested in bonding with other people about the situation (her words).
So instead I just became her safe place to bounce ideas off of and “practice” cues  and expected conventions of conversation that come naturally to most people but needed to be explained to her. 
To be fair to the parents of kids whose autism manifests in non-verbal and/or little-to-no communicate or ability to function socially apart from mom and dad , I feel like there ought to be a different diagnosis than autism to define her circumstances and others like her. But the struggle she has with social anxiety in particular is definitely real as compared to a neurotypical child. [/quote]

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