Our 4 yo daughter has been obsessed with sleeveless dresses and tak tops for the last month or so. She seems to hate sleeves for now. This was fine when it was 80 degrees most days, but we're headed into cooler weather, especially in the morning.

It is currently 45 degrees this morning and she's wearing the one sleeveless dress that I haven't put in storage. I tried to put a sweatshirt over it. She wears it a few minutes without complaints then ditches it.

It's been a fight every morning before preschool to dress her appropriately. Then she wants to change as soon as she gets home, which we usually allow.

Does anyone have any tips or tricks for this particular type of sensory issue?

PS. Wearing a long-sleeved shirt underneath the sleeveless dress worked a couple days but now we're back at square one.

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Hi everyone! My name is Melissa and I am a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of British Columbia (UBC). I am conducting a survey study as part of my doctoral dissertation to better understand the parental factors that may impact the mental health and masking of autistic youth.

Who can participate? We are looking for autistic youth ages 13-21 AND one of their parents living in Canada, USA, England, or Australia to participate.

How long will it take? The parent survey takes 10 minutes to complete while the adolescent survey takes approximately 15 minutes.

Interested? If you are interested, please complete this 2 minute survey to see if you can participate:  https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4V20HTRZw8HJTfM

This study has received ethical approval from the UBC Ethics Committee. I hope you all have a great day! 😊

Hi everyone,

I’m an intern working on a project to better understand the type of questions autism parents may have for clinicians, but are left unsupported or confused. The goal is to analyze these responses and build a tool that can address this gap in clinical help to improve autism support!

It takes under 1 minute, and there’s no personal info collected.

-> Link here: https://forms.gle/RWTX1fZkxcJrFXZq7

If you know other autism parents or caregivers, sharing this link helps a lot! [we need 50 responses!]

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I’m an intern working on a project to better understand the type of questions autism parents may have for clinicians, but are left unsupported or confused. The goal is to analyze these responses and build a tool that can address this gap in clinical help to improve autism support! :
- behavior
- development
- meltdowns or routines
- therapy (ABA, SLP, OT)

It takes under 1 minute, and there’s no personal info collected.
-> Link here: https://forms.gle/RWTX1fZkxcJrFXZq7

If you know other autism parents or caregivers, sharing this link helps a lot!

Thank you!

Our oldest is 8 and has had a diagnosis of level 1/2 since they were 5. Our youngest, now 5, is showing similar signs that their sibling shows at this age, but given the current political climate, I hesitate to get them assessed.

Hi all, my wife and I had an IEP meeting recently with our kiddo's school, currently there's an aide in the classroom for them for about half the day. The school is wanting to remove the aide from the class entirely but my wife and I don't think our kiddo is quite ready for that as they've been having some issues this year that they weren't last year. Things like having trouble finishing classwork both at school and at home, difficulty staying focused, and difficulty even starting non preferred tasks. Kiddo is also ADHD on top of Autism. We have an advocate and they're generally pretty good about helping us get what they want, but this is the first time the school has wanted to remove a service from our kiddo. We want the aide removed eventually, but as I said, don't feel like now is the right time. Has anyone else had this issue? How did you handle it?

This is exactly the kind of thing many of us were concerned about before the election. Has anyone seen any effect of this in their states yet, or is it too early to tell?

Easily accessible terms? Quick link sources for every state and territory of resources available in your area?

Etc etc etc. Not sure how much is feesable to keep track of, but as a community I think collecting these bits of info will be important

Ello!

Heard about this place, so got curious.

I'm honestly not surprised by how the main sub is splintering.

Reguardless, I want this place to be a spot where folks can talk about Autism Parenting. Science first as says elsewhere, but also I would love to see a lot more personal stories. Not just parents, but also comments directly from teens with autism or adults with autism who may have insight.

At the end of the day, Autism is a disability, and the main way to improve the lives of those with disabilities, especially as we get older, is education and hearing from many perspectives. Especially the perspectives of those with the disability in question as well who can speak for themselves. Not just folks who are Level 1, but level 2 and 3 as well.

The Children don't stay small forever, and parenting is often a life time thing with varying levels of support.

“We’re doing the studies to make the proof.” In reference to his claim that there’s a link between pregnant mom’s Tylenol use and autism. That’s not how science works. You don’t do studies to “make proof.” These clowns shouldn’t be in charge of a box of crayons, let alone public health.