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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 140547" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p><span style="color: red"><em><strong>"by the way: Someone said something about clothing tags. More info on the subject please!" </strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><em><strong></strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><em><strong></strong></em><span style="color: Black">In another post, someone asked for more information about clothing tags.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black">Children who have sensory integration issues often find certain sensations difficult, even unbearable. Clothing tags are a major source of grief for some, with others it's food textures, etc.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black">I live in the Hilarious House of Aspie, and here are some of the sensory matters that rub us the wrong way (sorry), in no particular order:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black"><strong>Clothing tags</strong>. Feel like sandpaper. difficult child cuts his out of clothes and sometimes leaves holes. Often I break out in a rash at the spot where they make contact with skin. I've started buying the t-shirts that come with a silk screened or printed label rather than a tag, and we all feel much better</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black"><strong>Seams in the toes of socks. </strong>Drive me crazy. Little easy child is showing signs of this too. Between the 2 of us, we can't keep socks on our feet because they just feel weird. If I have to wear socks for more than a few minutes at a time, I turn them inside out so that the seams don't touch my feet. This is WAY better. husband has recently found a brand of seam-free socks that he bought for me and Little easy child. difficult child on the other hand, needs to wear socks all the time. Even to bed. It's difficult to convince him to take them off even for bathing and swimming</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black"><strong>Food textures. </strong>Some foods just feel wrong in the mouth. I can't abide beans, because the're too beany. I can't really explain what I mean by that, but it's a combination of the pastiness, mushiness, and the way they crush when you chew them. Little easy child likes very crunchy things, difficult child likes hard things (cauliflower and broccoli stalks, cabbage cores, etc.) that need to be knawed on.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black">These are just some random things off the top of my head. I will do a search on Sensory Integration Disorder and post any useful links I find.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black">Hope this helps,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black">Trinity</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 140547, member: 3907"] [COLOR=red][I][B]"by the way: Someone said something about clothing tags. More info on the subject please!" [/B][/I][COLOR=Black]In another post, someone asked for more information about clothing tags. Children who have sensory integration issues often find certain sensations difficult, even unbearable. Clothing tags are a major source of grief for some, with others it's food textures, etc. I live in the Hilarious House of Aspie, and here are some of the sensory matters that rub us the wrong way (sorry), in no particular order: [B]Clothing tags[/B]. Feel like sandpaper. difficult child cuts his out of clothes and sometimes leaves holes. Often I break out in a rash at the spot where they make contact with skin. I've started buying the t-shirts that come with a silk screened or printed label rather than a tag, and we all feel much better [B]Seams in the toes of socks. [/B]Drive me crazy. Little easy child is showing signs of this too. Between the 2 of us, we can't keep socks on our feet because they just feel weird. If I have to wear socks for more than a few minutes at a time, I turn them inside out so that the seams don't touch my feet. This is WAY better. husband has recently found a brand of seam-free socks that he bought for me and Little easy child. difficult child on the other hand, needs to wear socks all the time. Even to bed. It's difficult to convince him to take them off even for bathing and swimming [B]Food textures. [/B]Some foods just feel wrong in the mouth. I can't abide beans, because the're too beany. I can't really explain what I mean by that, but it's a combination of the pastiness, mushiness, and the way they crush when you chew them. Little easy child likes very crunchy things, difficult child likes hard things (cauliflower and broccoli stalks, cabbage cores, etc.) that need to be knawed on. These are just some random things off the top of my head. I will do a search on Sensory Integration Disorder and post any useful links I find. Hope this helps, Trinity [/COLOR][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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