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Messy Bedroom

NAS83880

Hello, 

I care for a young person (12) who has a diagnosis of Autism. 

As a team we are really struggling to have a tidy bedroom. 

We have offered rails / clear boxes so they can visually see their items and offer to help tidy every day so this doesn't get worse. 

Unfortunately, the above has not worked. 

It got to a stage where we had to tidy this when they left the home but this lead to melt down after due to them not knowing where their items are. 

We as a team have to ensure they have a tidy bedroom but want to respect and support her diagnosis. 

Do you have any tips on how we can approach this? 

Thank you! 

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  • As a child, the only time my bedroom was tidy was when my mother got fed up with it looking like a pigsty and decided to take matters into her own hands. This was usually when I was at school and therefore had no say in the matter. My argument was that it was easier for me to find things when my bedroom was a mess. From my perspective, carefully removing items from drawers or boxes to find what I was looking for, and then neatly putting back all the other items I had removed was far too time-consuming and required more effort.

    If having a messy bedroom means the child in question is at risk of injuring themselves, then the only thing I can suggest is to have a conversation with them and see if some kind of compromise can be reached.

  • in reply to Sporadic Sparkly

    'Laziness' is too often misinterpreted.

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