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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think this is so far from normal.  It sounds like she can control her emotions in a variety of situations.  Mental illness tends to permeate every area of life.

Personally, I would wake her up at 6.  If she gets through the morning without a tantrum, then great.  She can watch television or something.  If she has a tantrum, then she misses her free time, and you don’t go into a panic.  
I have three kids too, and one kid flipping out 5-10 minutes before we needed to get out the door has the whole household spiraling out of control. 
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I disagree. Some people have an amazing capacity to hold in and mask what is going on in their heads, until it builds to a head and explodes, often over something minor that seems too small for the big reaction. [b]That's a red flag of masking[/b].[/quote]

It's a red flag for anxiety.[/quote]

agree. the “masking” explanation is a pop-culture thing not really evidence based. some settings are more stressful, others are less stressful. “masking” is nonfalsifiable and also seems to put the blame on the child (some even try to make it sound like people on the spectrum are deliberately deceptive.) plenty of kids are better regulated at school because everything is predictable and structured there, but less regulated at home. with autism it would be more typical to see less regulation at school because of more transitions, a tougher time understanding the social cues of the group, more noise and sensory overload.

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