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For an ASD person with a sense of cleanliness

I am a mother of a girl with a developmental disability.

The best fashion is a sense of cleanliness.
Before dressing up, first grooming must be taken care of. I make efforts to ensure my daughter can do things herself and build habits, such as daily bathing, wearing laundered clothes, grooming her teeth, nails, and hair, and taking care of acne.
The trigger for this was the words of a teacher at the daycare center she attended in her early childhood.

The teacher said, "In the future,
you can be taught how to do a job, but it is hard to tell someone about cleanliness, so it cannot be taught. It is difficult to tell an adult to go take a bath or go do their laundry." This is what was said.At the time, there was a child among her peers who would not take a bath, perhaps because their day and night were reversed, so it was discussed as
something for the family to work hard on.

In elementary school, the elastic on her school hat would stay stretched out; in junior high, even though it was the same uniform, it looked somewhat worn; her indoor shoes, which should have been washed after being brought home, looked worn out; and perhaps due to an irregular diet, her skin was rough...
As they grow, it certainly becomes harder to talk about, and differences start to appear.
I do not think someone can suddenly become a person with a sense of cleanliness after becoming an adult.
Once she started wearing a uniform, I have been careful to keep her white shirts and socks always white (my eldest son, who is neurotypical, went to the same school from elementary through high school, so people around him also replaced them many times), to have them altered if they were too big, to replace them when they were outgrown, and to have her wear new socks for events and the start of a new semester.

Another thing I am careful about is ironing.
Although the uniform shirts are advertised as non-iron, there is a difference just by giving them a quick iron.
Since my daughter takes an apron with her, I also iron the washed apron on the weekend.

At a meeting, I was told, "Your apron is always clean." "A sense of cleanliness is a very important thing."
I talked about the teacher from the center she attended in her early childhood, and how I made it a habit for myself first, working a little harder than my daughter.

It is thanks to my daughter that ironing, which I originally liked, has become something I am good at.
I am grateful to that teacher at the daycare center from that time who took a long time to shape things and make me realize this.

I leave desk studies and work tasks to the school, but since I believe that
therapy and discipline are centered in the home, for me, it is not a burden, but something enjoyable.
It is visible, so there is a sense of accomplishment, and when things like the above happen, I think it was good to have done it.
My goal is for her to be a wonderful lady with a sense of cleanliness!
There seems to be still more that a mother can do, and I think I can still enjoy it.




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