My daughter is 11yo and was diagnosed with autism last year. She has become obsessed with an older girl (14yo). They've known each other through school, but in the last two or so years my daughter is becoming infatuated with her.
The older girl is known for her alternative (sorry couldnt think of a better word) lifestyle. She is also extremely online and uses all the social media channels available and has been for a number of years (our daughter doesnt). But we never saw a massive problem with this. However, since puberty and the diagnosis, our daughter will copy everything the older girls does - her clothes, her make-up, the way she speaks, buy the albums of the groups that the older gi