Clothing Issues

cloudfire said:

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?

Perhaps you have or will come to notice that most parents who have problems with their children ~ tend not to post again once their questions have been answered, and the only sense in which hypersensitivity to clothing textures ever really seems to end is when appropriate clothing fabrics or brands that do not irritate the skin have been found.

Several months back as a for instance, their was a thread on one autistic website where several members were getting a bit stressed about one suit manufacturer in the United States or Canada that had gone out of business, as made business wear for the sensitive of skin, but fortunately another member knew of another business in the same trade who took on the other's clientele ~ so details were exchanged. 

Clothing issues with sensitive skin is a common subject matter raised by parents of autistic children and autistic people of all ages, so much so that when I typed 'clothing issues with sensitive skin' into this site's search menu; I got 8,261 results.

I am about a month off from being 50 myself at the moment and all my clothing has for decades been brought with comfort being paramount in my mind involving soft smooth fabrics, and baggy / loose fit sizing.

I used to come out in rashes and sores due to itchy seams and rough textured clothing like denim and canvas, so everything I buy gets the touch test first to make sure it is smooth and soft textured. I cannot do silk though like some can as it feels like it clings to my skin and increasingly gives me the heebie jeebies. In a sense silk is a bit 'too' smooth for comfort. 

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cloudfire said:

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.

Hopefully it will be wholly reassuring to know that you are not an exception when it comes to being sensitive to specific clothing textures and fits; and just like quite a few others on the spectrum you really do need particularly comfortable clothing as a basic necessity.

Maybe your only failure in any of this is not to have recognised your limits with your workload management, and as such you can make some adjustments or even get some Reasonable Adjustments sorted out with your employer maybe?

It would though be well worth discussing this issue with you General Practitioner if you have not already?

cloudfire said:

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?

Perhaps you have or will come to notice that most parents who have problems with their children ~ tend not to post again once their questions have been answered, and the only sense in which hypersensitivity to clothing textures ever really seems to end is when appropriate clothing fabrics or brands that do not irritate the skin have been found.

Several months back as a for instance, their was a thread on one autistic website where several members were getting a bit stressed about one suit manufacturer in the United States or Canada that had gone out of business, as made business wear for the sensitive of skin, but fortunately another member knew of another business in the same trade who took on the other's clientele ~ so details were exchanged. 

Clothing issues with sensitive skin is a common subject matter raised by parents of autistic children and autistic people of all ages, so much so that when I typed 'clothing issues with sensitive skin' into this site's search menu; I got 8,261 results.

I am about a month off from being 50 myself at the moment and all my clothing has for decades been brought with comfort being paramount in my mind involving soft smooth fabrics, and baggy / loose fit sizing.

I used to come out in rashes and sores due to itchy seams and rough textured clothing like denim and canvas, so everything I buy gets the touch test first to make sure it is smooth and soft textured. I cannot do silk though like some can as it feels like it clings to my skin and increasingly gives me the heebie jeebies. In a sense silk is a bit 'too' smooth for comfort. 

Regarding the following statement:

cloudfire said:

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.

Hopefully it will be wholly reassuring to know that you are not an exception when it comes to being sensitive to specific clothing textures and fits; and just like quite a few others on the spectrum you really do need particularly comfortable clothing as a basic necessity.

Maybe your only failure in any of this is not to have recognised your limits with your workload management, and as such you can make some adjustments or even get some Reasonable Adjustments sorted out with your employer maybe?

It would though be well worth discussing this issue with you General Practitioner if you have not already?