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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 602626" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Maybe it's sensory issues and the dirty clothes feel softer than the washed ones? Just a wild guess. With difficult child's it could be anything. He likely doesn't know himself.</p><p></p><p>As for showering and the hygiene bit my autistic-spectrum son is still not good about that? In his case, he just doesn't care that much about how other people perceive him. I have to say, nobody ever says, "You smell" to him and he has a lot of friends at work, but he does sometimes smell a bit ripe when he's around me. We won't even go into brushing teeth. </p><p></p><p>I think these kids are differently socially and while they may have a desire to be accepted and have friends, they don't have ENOUGH care to do t he things that typical people demand in order to have friends. A lot of them are just fine being alone. My son is too old for us to wash. When he make him shower, we don't know if he really gives himself a good washing or just turns the shower on and sprinkles water on himself. And if they don't care, by the time they are adults you can't do much about it (shrug). I always chose my battles carefully and worried more about the big stuff than the little stuff. In general, our son has done very well, considering his birthmother used drugs and drank while he was not yet born and he was at a disadvantage from Day One. Can't complain too much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 602626, member: 1550"] Maybe it's sensory issues and the dirty clothes feel softer than the washed ones? Just a wild guess. With difficult child's it could be anything. He likely doesn't know himself. As for showering and the hygiene bit my autistic-spectrum son is still not good about that? In his case, he just doesn't care that much about how other people perceive him. I have to say, nobody ever says, "You smell" to him and he has a lot of friends at work, but he does sometimes smell a bit ripe when he's around me. We won't even go into brushing teeth. I think these kids are differently socially and while they may have a desire to be accepted and have friends, they don't have ENOUGH care to do t he things that typical people demand in order to have friends. A lot of them are just fine being alone. My son is too old for us to wash. When he make him shower, we don't know if he really gives himself a good washing or just turns the shower on and sprinkles water on himself. And if they don't care, by the time they are adults you can't do much about it (shrug). I always chose my battles carefully and worried more about the big stuff than the little stuff. In general, our son has done very well, considering his birthmother used drugs and drank while he was not yet born and he was at a disadvantage from Day One. Can't complain too much. [/QUOTE]
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