Hi, my name is Julia247! How to overcome barriers with other parents?

Julia247
Julia247 Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited June 22 in Autism and neurodiversity

Hi, I’m a Grandma, looking for ways to support my family with a child with AuDHD in mainstream. In addition to supporting their child, they face lack of understanding from other parents. Has anyone successfully overcome these barriers and educated the school community? The teachers are excellent, it is the wider, negative influence that is so distressing to them.

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  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 4,138 Championing

    Hi @Julia247 welcome to the Community.

    The following link might be of interest to you.

    https://www.autism.org.uk

    Take care.

  • Emilee
    Emilee Community Member Posts: 67 Contributor

    I think openness can help, as there is still a lot of ignorance and many unintentional misconceptions surrounding neurodivergence.

    Is there a particular aspect of their behaviour or presentation/symptoms that other parents seem to be struggling with most?

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 4,956 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    Hi @Julia247 and a warm welcome to the community from me!

    It is good to hear that your grandchild has excellent teachers in school but I am sorry to hear that they're having difficulty with some of the parents.

    How old is your grandchild? If they're in Primary School then it may be worth contacting the SENCO and chatting about potentially being part of neurodiversity celebration week or other neurodiversity awareness days. The children may be able to take home what they have learnt to their parents.

    Do you know what part of your child's AuDHD that the other parent's don't really understand?

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