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It is not condescension.  The OP was not addressing all parents of kids with special needs, she was simply offering some helpful tips to some parents who are able to make a  few adjustments.  Good hygiene should not be a compromise for comfort choices; they compliment each other.

The OP made a practical suggestion that applies to the general population as well as to kids with special needs.  Unfortunately,  some are teased because they have poor hygiene and some are teased because their clothes are stained, ill-fitting, etc.

The same thing goes for adults in the workplace without special needs who choose comfort over hygiene and ignore company dress codes.  It can be very alienating.[/quote]

Please point out her helpful tips.  Because I don't get what's helpful about her post, and I don't even have a kid on the spectrum.  I have a physically disabled kid who I dress in clothes of my choosing.  She is acting as if parents of kids with these issues are blind to the situation and just  don't give a damn, when they obviously, from their many posts, are trying their very best, each and every day, and so are their kids, against the very symptoms that make it highly difficult for their kids to dress and have good hygiene.

What is helpful about pointing out the obvious?  What is helpful in adding to feelings of guilt and shame?  What is helpful about making it sound as if it is a parent's responsibility to have your child fit in 100%, and 100% of the time?  If I were a parent of a child with these issues, I would have cried after reading that post.

And OP, your mention that you are not referring to the severely disabled kids?  Why, how condescending of you to have no expectations of those kids!  Of course you have zero expectations of those children and their clothing!  They are just inert objects, of course, without peers, educational objectives, social hopes and dreams, and can show up in any shitty rag, of course!  You are an awful person.  Please get a new job.

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