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Clothing advice needed

NAS88425

Hi there! I am a parent of a 6 year old girl who has ? ASD/ ADD. 
I am here to educate myself. 

She is fixed on wearing a nightie both day and night. Often, she wears the same underwear. We wish to support her but also to find a balance with hygiene and social expectations from her peers. 

Some of the reasons we can tease out are sensory, dislike of change and control. Clothing causing her meltdowns and stress. As you all probably know better than me this is hard as she is growing and needs new clothing/footwear. 

I would love some advice, wise words or simply hearing from the people who may understand the best. 

Many Thanks in advance 

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  • It might be worthwhile experimenting with different types of low perfume detergents and clothes softeners that are designed for sensitive skin. I find the allegedly 'fresh' perfume that they put in these things very challenging to my sense of smell. There are clothing lines, search online, designed for autistic children (and adults - sometimes) with gentler seams and no scratchy labels. They tend, inevitably, to be on the expensive side, however.

  • in reply to Martin

    Thank you, we’ve tried her selecting clothing but she thinks she wants then doesn’t wear and goes back to old trusted clothes/nightie 

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