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Clothing Issues

cloudfire

Hi all,

Been struggling a lot recently and the cogs in my brain have seized completely making work impossible. This in turn has triggered my extreme discomfort with rough clothing, wristbands, wristbands and bra straps cutting in and generally wanting to scratch my skin off. I notice in alot of posts where kids are having meltdowns clothing often comes up as a problem - so I was wondering if it continued to adulthood as it seems to have done with me?

Not being able to just get on with work has put me in a vicious cycle of despair. I've gone from seeing my autism diagnosis as a relief to it just being another label for failure....and I'm doubting pretty much everything I thought I'd learned about it.

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  • As far as I'm aware, this kind of thing persisting into adulthood is pretty common (?) in some of us.

    I know adults who cut off the labels from clothing. I struggle with suits (really don't have much fun in shirts and thin material).

    I gather from other adults with ASCs, that having certain clothing materials and softnesses is quite important for them.

    I hope your work would be open to you wearing clothing that is comfortable and allows you to essentially work at your best.

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  • As far as I'm aware, this kind of thing persisting into adulthood is pretty common (?) in some of us.

    I know adults who cut off the labels from clothing. I struggle with suits (really don't have much fun in shirts and thin material).

    I gather from other adults with ASCs, that having certain clothing materials and softnesses is quite important for them.

    I hope your work would be open to you wearing clothing that is comfortable and allows you to essentially work at your best.

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