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<blockquote data-quote="nvts" data-source="post: 67944" data-attributes="member: 3814"><p>We had an issue with clean clothes with difficult child 2. He has horrendous allergies and his skin would "itchy up" every time I did laundry. Downey now makes a softener that is unscented & no dyes which did wonders (he breaks out if I didn't use softener from the "scratchiness" of the clothes). I read that a lot of the hanging up clothes whether dirty or clean is based on routine and watching and learning those routines. I went to a seminar on kids on the spectrum and the gentleman described his son in his first dorm room in college.</p><p></p><p>They came for parents weekend a couple of weeks into the semester and found their son's closet soaking wet. They had worked all summer reinforcing the way to do laundry and KNEW that he knew how to handle his wash. They walked him through the process at school several times while they were there the weekend before school started to make sure that he knew what to do. Well, when they walked him through at school, they happened to use the same washer and dryer over and over that weekend. Sure enough after they left, about a week later, the dryer broke. He used the same washer and dryer (as he had learned) and took his wet clothes after waiting the hour for the dryer to run, and hung them up. It was routine. It nothing to do with dry clothes, it was the process that you follow with laundry. Your son knows he found the shirt on the hanger and put it back where he found it to begin with! Just a theory! You may have to just examine the process, not the outcome to unravel the mystery. </p><p></p><p>Take a look at "Social Stories" by Carol Gray. You may have to write a few to get him into a showering/clothing routine and the problem will eventually go away.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps!</p><p></p><p>Otherwise, I understand gas masks have dropped in price! :grin:</p><p></p><p>Beth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nvts, post: 67944, member: 3814"] We had an issue with clean clothes with difficult child 2. He has horrendous allergies and his skin would "itchy up" every time I did laundry. Downey now makes a softener that is unscented & no dyes which did wonders (he breaks out if I didn't use softener from the "scratchiness" of the clothes). I read that a lot of the hanging up clothes whether dirty or clean is based on routine and watching and learning those routines. I went to a seminar on kids on the spectrum and the gentleman described his son in his first dorm room in college. They came for parents weekend a couple of weeks into the semester and found their son's closet soaking wet. They had worked all summer reinforcing the way to do laundry and KNEW that he knew how to handle his wash. They walked him through the process at school several times while they were there the weekend before school started to make sure that he knew what to do. Well, when they walked him through at school, they happened to use the same washer and dryer over and over that weekend. Sure enough after they left, about a week later, the dryer broke. He used the same washer and dryer (as he had learned) and took his wet clothes after waiting the hour for the dryer to run, and hung them up. It was routine. It nothing to do with dry clothes, it was the process that you follow with laundry. Your son knows he found the shirt on the hanger and put it back where he found it to begin with! Just a theory! You may have to just examine the process, not the outcome to unravel the mystery. Take a look at "Social Stories" by Carol Gray. You may have to write a few to get him into a showering/clothing routine and the problem will eventually go away. Hope this helps! Otherwise, I understand gas masks have dropped in price! [img]:grin:[/img] Beth [/QUOTE]
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