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<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 235651" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>Dylan is Aspie/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and doesn't have these issues, but, I do know there are children on the Spectrum that do.</p><p></p><p>We started him very early with things like charts and rewards (probably age 6) for simple tasks like brushing teeth. I know alot of people don't like the idea of giving a reward or dangling a carrot for things that must be done, but in all honesty, we don't need to give rewards anymore. Now, he is stuck in the routine, and there is no reward. But, it took some time. At your daughters age, I don't know. My stepson is 12 (he doesn't live with us) and could care less about his appearance. He looks like a homeless child when he comes here - teeth are brown/yellow/turning black, hair is in a mess, wears the same shirt or two over and over and over, and he has no diagnosis. He just wasn't disciplined to do it. Doesn't mean he has a disorder. He doesn't care, because nobody ever made him (not saying thats the case with you, either, just pointing out that it can be something else other than Autism).</p><p></p><p>Dylan's partial has their little routine they have to do in school before anything else, because there's a boatload of kids there that are the same as you describe. They have kids they have to send home because of odor - teenage boys. I don't get it. Wish I could be more help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 235651, member: 2737"] Dylan is Aspie/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and doesn't have these issues, but, I do know there are children on the Spectrum that do. We started him very early with things like charts and rewards (probably age 6) for simple tasks like brushing teeth. I know alot of people don't like the idea of giving a reward or dangling a carrot for things that must be done, but in all honesty, we don't need to give rewards anymore. Now, he is stuck in the routine, and there is no reward. But, it took some time. At your daughters age, I don't know. My stepson is 12 (he doesn't live with us) and could care less about his appearance. He looks like a homeless child when he comes here - teeth are brown/yellow/turning black, hair is in a mess, wears the same shirt or two over and over and over, and he has no diagnosis. He just wasn't disciplined to do it. Doesn't mean he has a disorder. He doesn't care, because nobody ever made him (not saying thats the case with you, either, just pointing out that it can be something else other than Autism). Dylan's partial has their little routine they have to do in school before anything else, because there's a boatload of kids there that are the same as you describe. They have kids they have to send home because of odor - teenage boys. I don't get it. Wish I could be more help. [/QUOTE]
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