What should I say to my newly diagnosed teen?

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Tell the girl! I tried for years to explain my various oddities without the benefit of a diagnosis. At different times I thought I was mentally ret*d, an outcast, a lesbian, a nonviolent sociopath, a hopeless nerd, an alien, and a generally bad person. I suffered considerable psychic trauma.

I hope you may never see the day when your daughter tells a cashier that she flaps her hands because she is a ret*d lesbian sociopath.

I think its better that you tell her because she might be wondering why shes different. I was dianogsed a year ago and the psychologist just told me straightfoward but I was 18, an adult so they kinda had to. Try to tell her in a positive way and dont put her down about it or act like theres something wrong with her. If shes suffering from depression its best not to get her more depressed. Im really sorry that she got hospitalized, I got hospitalized earlier this year because I got caught in the trap of a risk assesment. I hope the same thing didnt happen to her.

You should just be honest with her, and stress the positive things about AS. Tell her about this website, it will help her have a better understanding of AS and how it's like for others to live with it.

Talk to her one on one. Tell her about the positive things about AS and that she can put her talents to good use in her career. Oh and tell her to sign up for this website. I sent a link to the mother of a friend whose brother has AS and she was really grateful.