Hi. This is my first time on the forum. My background is that I have a 10 year old daughter who I believe has mild aspergers. She is in mainstream education and had an assessment by an educational psychologist who believed she ticked a lot of the boxes for aspergers but wanted a full assessment. Because her school were prepared to help without the full diagnosis and she was getting upset about it, we made a decision to leave it for now and see how the next few years go.
A growing issue however seems to be her sensitivity to clothing and especially shoes. She spends most of her time wearing flipflops (which I hate her running around in as they're not safe!) and won't wear any shoes that touch the side of her foot or her toes. We end up buying clarks shoes that are a couple of times wider than her feet! Clothes wise she wont wear jeans, leggings or shorts, its mainly joggers and dresses. She's worn the same style of trousers for school since she was three and now she says they're too tight and she won't wear any others! We are managing with one loose skirt that looks huge on her!
It's getting more and more difficult to clothe her and I'm dreading secondary school next year as I can forsee issues with a shirt and a blazer.
I've rambled a lot but I wondered whether there is any help out there to deal with sensitivity issues before they continue to get worse?
Thanks Nicknack x