{"id":194797,"date":"2023-10-04T14:47:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T13:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/?page_id=194797"},"modified":"2024-08-06T14:32:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T13:32:04","slug":"has-your-child-received-an-autism-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/carers\/family-ambassadors\/has-your-child-received-an-autism-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Pre diagnosis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"ohft-box gray\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismberkshire.org.uk\/pre-assessment-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What to expect at an autism assessment<\/a> short video produced with Autism Berkshire and CAMHS to provide information and advice to parents waiting for an autism assessment.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk\/information-about-autism\/understanding-autism\/how-to-talk-about-autism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Talk About Autism<\/a> &#8216;Autistic person&#8217; rather than &#8216;person with autism&#8217;, autism is a &#8216;difference&#8217; not a &#8216;deficit&#8217;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Autism information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"ohft-box gray\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/notfineinschool.co.uk\/autism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is autism?<\/a> Not Fine in School resources about autism.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gosh.nhs.uk\/wards-and-departments\/departments\/clinical-specialties\/department-child-and-adolescent-mental-health-dcamh\/national-centre-high-functioning-autism\/national-centre-high-functioning-autism-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autism Resources<\/a> scroll down to the &#8216;post-diagnosis assessment information pack for parents&#8217; (Great Ormond Street).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismberkshire.org.uk\/what-is-autism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is autism?<\/a> Autism Berkshire and links to more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Eating Disorders and Autism<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ohft-box gray\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/peacepathway.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PEACE Pathway for Eating Disorders and Autism<\/a> they &#8216;support the supporters&#8217; by providing a carers community and practical resources.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zsp3b8GObFs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autism &amp; Anorexia 5 Things you Need to Know About the Interplay<\/a> Pooky Knightsmith (2020), based on a talk given for the PEACE pathway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Autism in girls<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"ohft-box gray\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/autisticgirlsnetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autistic Girls Network<\/a> lots of resources for girls with autism.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/attwoodandgarnettevents.com\/recognising-and-understanding-autistic-girls-at-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof Tony Attwood Recognising and Understanding Autistic Girls at School<\/a> Autism in girls can fly under the radar and tend to be diagnosed later than boys.\u00a0 This article discusses how to recognise the profile of girls with autism at school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Demand avoidant profiles<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ohft-box gray\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CCsfKxyuH1I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demand Avoidance of the PDA Kind<\/a> A short video to raise awareness of PDA, a profile on the autism spectrum, by the PDA Society.<\/li>\n<li class=\"show-title\" title=\"interview with Steph Curtis about her book on PDA in the family\"><a href=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/s\/a9e8ed4a?fbclid=IwAR2RQgZJ3VRQspYyLhacKha4LjGe3E1t4WJIo0Vn83XXY5MtLldVTr3sdig_aem_ATvxYsg5w-cIUXFiuAHaj8iOUmhwU4faeAH6dngbrWRgeDIIyEjlTw84CS7Vs34ny2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let&#8217;s talk the small talk<\/a> Interview with Steph Curtis about her book on PDA in the family.<\/li>\n<li title=\"interview with Steph Curtis about her book on PDA in the family\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephstwogirls.co.uk\/p\/what-is-pda-pathological-demand.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steph&#8217;s two girls<\/a> blog on family life with a type of autism called Pathological Demand Avoidance.<\/li>\n<li title=\"interview with Steph Curtis about her book on PDA in the family\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephstwogirls.co.uk\/2023\/10\/pda-in-family-book.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book:\u00a0 PDA in the family, life after the lightbulb moment,<\/a> by Steph Curtis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p title=\"interview with Steph Curtis about her book on PDA in the family\"><\/div>\n<h2>Autism and Burnout<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ohft-box gray\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itmustbemum.wordpress.com\/2024\/06\/13\/energy-accounting-for-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It must be mum energy accounting<\/a> for children recovering from burnout.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dralicenicholls.com\/articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Alice Nicholls<\/a> articles on autistic burnout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p title=\"interview with Steph Curtis about her book on PDA in the family\"><\/div>\n<h2 title=\"interview with Steph Curtis about her book on PDA in the family\">Book recommendations<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ohft-box gray\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s?k=the+girl+with+curly+hair+book&amp;adgrpid=1186373946024445&amp;hvadid=74148572516839&amp;hvbmt=be&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=69233&amp;hvnetw=o&amp;hvqmt=e&amp;hvtargid=kwd-74148512738624%3Aloc-188&amp;hydadcr=11896_1899971&amp;msclkid=1e843dbb5c491e418be05b09790480fe&amp;tag=mh0a9-21&amp;ref=pd_sl_1npcry6w3u_e\">Amazon.co.uk : the girl with curly hair book<\/a> Aspergers syndrome in 12 &#8211; 16 year old girls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>For more CAMHS parent information, please check out <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/self-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Advice<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/carers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parent and Carers<\/a> resources.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre diagnosis Autism information Eating Disorders and Autism Autism in girls Demand avoidant profiles Autism and Burnout Book recommendations For more CAMHS parent information, please check out Good Advice and the Parent and Carers resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":194326,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-selfhelp.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-194797","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194797"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196081,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194797\/revisions\/196081"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/camhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}