DEAR DEIDRE: MY daughter is just like her dad and I’m finding it so hard to cope with her.
I’m 24 and I got together with a guy of 27 who had autism, ADHD and sensory problems.
We split up during my pregnancy and now I’m a single mum.
My daughter is five and can be lovely but she’s showing signs of autism and ADHD too.
She frequently has meltdowns.
She’s recently had a sensory processing disorder diagnosis.
She finds her clothes itchy and she’ll gag on certain foods.
I never know whether she’s going to eat or throw her plate across the room.
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She’s so difficult. She’s OK at school but hard at home.
I feel like a failure as a mum.
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DEIDRE SAYS: You are not a failure. You’re doing a great job.
Children push your buttons and being a single mum makes it more difficult to cope alone.
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Find help through Home-Start (home-start.org.uk, 08000 68 63 68) which helps any parent with young children – usually under five, but it doesn’t have to be the case.
Also approach Child Autism (childautism.org.uk, 01344 882 248) which helps parents and carers of children under the age of 11.
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