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Its to teach tolerance of differences. [/quote]

There is a difference between tolerance and being BFF.

I'm one of those people who cannot stand the smell of some of those lip balms.  Has it occurred to you that it might be offensive to the others?  Have you talked to your son about adjusting his own behavior?  I understand that social skills may be difficult for him (I have a DD who has/had difficulty with social skills and was bullied, so I am not unsympathetic) but you cannot expect everyone to adjust to him.  Tolerance?  Yes.  Are they really mean to him?  Or, is it his perception?

Does he listen to others?  You talk about others talking over him.  Was the lip balm distracting him and others?  Do you want others to be nice to him because they feel sorry for him--or do you want them to like him?  Sounds to me like you think this is a one way street.

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+1, I get bad migraines.  If I see a kid using something scented, including hand sanitizer, we walk the other way.  Scents are a huge trigger for me.[/quote]

At my sons school, lip balms are used by many children, particularly during winter months. My sons lips bleed if he does not use them. The school permits all students to use them. If another student is offended to the point of getting debilitating migraines, they move the students desks or seating so they are not near each other. They will notprohibit lip balms to stop the child with sensory issues from smelling his own lip balm. [/quote]

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