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Help Please!! Haircuts!!

NAS16996

Hello everyone! My son, Harvey, is 3 years old and was diagnosed with severe autism, Most things are a daily struggle, one being cutting his hair, its getting so long and can no longer put it off now, If I take him into a hairdressers he freaks out, he has very little understanding of things so bribes or anything like that don't work, does anybody have some handy hints or tips that I could try? Thanks

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  • We use a mobile hairdresser who specialises in children on the spectrum. We got her details from our local autism charity/support group (don't suppose you live in Nottingham??)

    We started using her when our son was about 4 as social stories weren't really suitable for his level of understanding at the time.

    It is still a battle but we no longer have to strap him in the highchair!! It doesn't matter how loudly he screams or if he goes off to get a toy in the middle as she just carries on!!

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  • We use a mobile hairdresser who specialises in children on the spectrum. We got her details from our local autism charity/support group (don't suppose you live in Nottingham??)

    We started using her when our son was about 4 as social stories weren't really suitable for his level of understanding at the time.

    It is still a battle but we no longer have to strap him in the highchair!! It doesn't matter how loudly he screams or if he goes off to get a toy in the middle as she just carries on!!

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