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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So... my early ES Aspergers child chose a ridiculous outfit to wear to school today. I had to make him wear socks that matched. He thought it would be funny bc recently school did a wacky-dress day for school spirit. And, of course, my Aspie thinks that now he can just be wackily dressed any day he likes now. So... thanks to school for introducing that concept for a socially challenged child!

Anyway -- I made him wear matching socks. There were threats and tears. He ended by telling me "I'm having a really rough morning because of this!"
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My ES kid who is NT wore mismatched socks just the other day because I had been traveling and didn't get to the laundry. The world did not end. He suggested doing this as I was frantically searching the house for a pair of matching socks. He then walked to the bus stop, pointed at his feet and laughed with the other kids and made it a cool thing instead of weird thing. I was actually proud of him as this child tends to be very social and usually doesn't like to be "different."

My DD who has ASD is the opposite and marches to her own beat. She ends up doing all these very original things including wearing clothes that may seem a little wacky and doesn't care what other people think. Personally, I think that's a nice way to be and hope some of this is rubbing of on DS.[/quote]

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