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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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  • My son is also 3 and does not like his hair being cut.  I have found the biggest issue is if he sees the hair falling or when it falls onto his skin. 

    I shave his hair at home.  I start by having the bath ready to dunk him straight in afterwards and then wrap him in a towel to try and limited the amount of hair that touches his skin.  I have cordless dubbers which make it a little easier to move around him.  When I had previously cut his hair I made a short video of him on my phone with his "new" haircut and I have found that letting him watch it while I cut reassures him that at the end he is fine and that nothing "bad" happens

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  • My son is also 3 and does not like his hair being cut.  I have found the biggest issue is if he sees the hair falling or when it falls onto his skin. 

    I shave his hair at home.  I start by having the bath ready to dunk him straight in afterwards and then wrap him in a towel to try and limited the amount of hair that touches his skin.  I have cordless dubbers which make it a little easier to move around him.  When I had previously cut his hair I made a short video of him on my phone with his "new" haircut and I have found that letting him watch it while I cut reassures him that at the end he is fine and that nothing "bad" happens

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