Advice on refusing to leave the house

Deborah75

Hi there, I’m new to the forum, any help is very welcome and I apologise for such a long read, I have a little girl age 10, with autism, also waiting on diagnosis for adhd, as from the Easter break she has refused to go out anywhere and to school, which we are shocked at as she’s always loved going to school…She has high function anxiety but thought it was under control up until Easter, iv asked her why she doesn’t want to go out and she’s told us because it makes her have a funny tummy and she feels sick. Tried and still trying all the strageties that were given from Autism advisory intervention services, referral also sent in to Action for Children, we should hear from them just after 27th May as that’s when the meeting is, iv listen to podcasts about transitioning back to school, but nothing is getting her to come out of this, its like a fear of leaving home to get to where we want to go….we manage to get her out to the back garden for some air and use the trampoline and her swing. Adhd clinic are doing their best to get her fitted in soon as they said the medication would help her anxiety, I’v explained to them on how she is, so when we do get her appointment how are we getting her there when itl just cause another meltdown, which can be really bad, as today she had one and it absolutely drained her all because I had put my shoes on because she agreed to go see her gran, but then changed her mind, she looked so frightened and it took me a while to calm her and said we can try another day. I just don’t know what to do, social stories, visuals nothing seems to help any advice or anyone who’s experience this I’d appreciate any feedback please…gp has said it could be a mixture of things along with hormones, but can’t give her anything itl be the adhd clinic that can do that, school have been good keeping in touch, they will plan a home visit soon and I asked to get some work sent through the seesaw app which my little girl is happy to do…..thank you for reading, I hope someone can help