My daughter is ASD with depression and GAD
She had art therapy then was ditched, then after a letter from my doctor she was picked up again and diagnosed with ASD at 16 years. The psychiatrist pushed medication at her eventhough she said no. He seemed more bothered about her weight and kept telling her that the anti depressants would curb her eating. My daughter was distraught at this and made it clear she was terrified of the side effects of the anti depressants but still he pushed...and pushed...so I ended up getting her a prescription just to shut him up. She never took them. She has anxiety and depression on top of the ASD - he was no help at all but her therapist was fantastic.