Waterfalls wrote:
The mother told me after she was diagnosed, and the parents paid I think themselves, so they must have wanted to know and wondered.
The child could have been told and not understood, but I vaguely remember her mom saying they weren't telling her yet.
That YET is a critical key here. It indicates that the Mother
intended to tell her child when she felt the time was right, or she needed to know. If the girl is talking about it herself and
suspects that she has it, I'd say it's about time.
OTOH, as has been suggested, if the girl
has been told and is just raising questions as a means of coming to terms with it (which could well be the case), then the point is moot.
In either case, it doesn't have to be a big deal, if you don't make it out to be a big deal. Just ask Mom:
"
Didn't you have her tested for ASD once? 'Cause she was talking about it the other day as if she thought she was and I didn't know if she came up with that on her own, or if you had said something to her."
And let it drop. At that point, the ball is in Mom's court and what she chooses to do with it is her business.
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16 Mar 2015, 6:53 pm
