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Help with hair washing sensitivity

crazydarkside

Hi,

I have a 12 yr old with pronounced Aspergers, OCD and clinical depression.  He has always been reluctant to wash, esp his hair, and has recently verbalised that he finds it very incomfortable, as it is heavy and he doesn't like the feeling.  He won't get in the bath, and he won't wash it himself.  I put the shower on really soft, and not too warm or cold, and only use shampoo he has chosen, so he likes the smell  We are waiting for an occupational therapy appt to check his sensitivities.  Any suggestions??

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  • crazydarkside said:

     I never realised how many of his problems were related to sensory problems especially at school.  I feel like I have been walking around completely oblivious to the world he lives in despite being right along with him!!

    You could have taken these words out of my mouth.  I've known about the issue with clothes for ages but I can't believe she coped all the way through her primary school years without my realising how bad the issue with noise and light is.  We didn't make it to the seaside yesterday, she had a meltdown on the station platform as it filled up with what seemed hundreds of screaming kids and when the train came, it was so full, she couldn't get on it.  Thankfully the kind ticket officer refunded our money so we went off bowling instead which was difficult to explain to my son as to why that noise was tolerable!

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  • crazydarkside said:

     I never realised how many of his problems were related to sensory problems especially at school.  I feel like I have been walking around completely oblivious to the world he lives in despite being right along with him!!

    You could have taken these words out of my mouth.  I've known about the issue with clothes for ages but I can't believe she coped all the way through her primary school years without my realising how bad the issue with noise and light is.  We didn't make it to the seaside yesterday, she had a meltdown on the station platform as it filled up with what seemed hundreds of screaming kids and when the train came, it was so full, she couldn't get on it.  Thankfully the kind ticket officer refunded our money so we went off bowling instead which was difficult to explain to my son as to why that noise was tolerable!

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