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My daughter has autism and has difficulty communicating

shelby3

Hello, I'm a mother of 3 beautiful girls, 21yr, 2yr an 9mth. My 2 yr old is autistic and finds things frustrating as she isn't talking an has difficulty communicating. She has a beautiful nature and is content in her own world.
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Antonia_Alumni

Welcome to the community @shelby3

Thank you for sharing this with us. I'll move you over to the Autism and Aspergers forum
@NicolaLatheySLT and @Jack_W may be able to support you with this too.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Doris_Scope

@shelby3

There are many different ways children can communicate their wants and needs. It is a case of trial and error and finding what is suitable for your daughter, for instance using objects, photos, symbols or electronic communication.

Can I ask when your daughter was diagnosed, as if it was in the past 12 months you could access the Scope Navigate service.

Navigate provides a six week programme of online and telephone support to parents who have a child going through diagnosis, or who have a child who has recently been diagnosed with a disability. The aim is to provide parents with emotional and practical support that will help them build resilience as they start their journey as a parent of a child with a disability or impairment.

If you feel the service is for you the link below will guide you to the online referral form:

Also our phone lines are open from 9am - 8pm Monday - Saturday and 9am - 12pm on a Saturday.

You may also like to visit the National autistic Society web page which may be of help.

Or the website for I CAN which focuses on communication.

Hope this helps, and we look forward to hearing from you if you feel our Navigate service will be of a benefit to you.

Doris https://www.autism.org.uk/ https://www.ican.org.uk/how-we-support-children/