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Clothes Sensitivity

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Hello - my 14yo son is on the spectrum and I have a question. He is very self reliant i.e. makes his pack lunch, does his homework without prompting and likes to be in control which is great. 

He has always had clothes sensitivities but has got better with age. 

 He went to specialist schools but recently moved to a mainstream school and we all thought he with struggle with the transition but he has done amazingly well.

My question is that he has to sleep in his school shirt and tie and he cant bare to put it on in the morning. 

Is this something i should be getting him out of the habit of or say oh well he done amazing in so many areas that this is a small thing. 

My worries are safety (sleeping with a tie on), smell (he doesn't yet) , tidiness (he looks like he has slept in his clothes) 

When I ask him he says no and i can see the look of stress in his eyes

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  • i dunno, i like to try find reason behind things first as a explanation.

    in my own case... i actually sleep in my work clothes a bit lol
    its... i dunno, its mainly winter though, for warmth.... you wear your work clothes all day and they store your body warmth, why take them off to go to sleep then when you wake up to put them on they are cold? if you sleep in them they retain the warmth, add more warmth and you wake up next day warm with the clothes warm. so for me its a warmth issue, and its mainly a winter thing.

    not sure if you can cross check that with your kid and see if he only does this in the winter? 

    if i remember correctly.... school shirts were very cold, the material on them got cold too easy and stored cold.

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  • i dunno, i like to try find reason behind things first as a explanation.

    in my own case... i actually sleep in my work clothes a bit lol
    its... i dunno, its mainly winter though, for warmth.... you wear your work clothes all day and they store your body warmth, why take them off to go to sleep then when you wake up to put them on they are cold? if you sleep in them they retain the warmth, add more warmth and you wake up next day warm with the clothes warm. so for me its a warmth issue, and its mainly a winter thing.

    not sure if you can cross check that with your kid and see if he only does this in the winter? 

    if i remember correctly.... school shirts were very cold, the material on them got cold too easy and stored cold.

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