Aspergers problems with haircuts

Dislike or distress at brushing their hair or having a haircut seems to be a common obstacle with Aspergers children.

AS children usually have very sensitive scalps and skulls (our son would become hysterical when he bumped his head, and would tell me he could feel his brain ‘rattle' or move).

We were never able to go to a Salon to have his hair cut, and I had to add Hairdresser to my list of talents! He would refer to the process as a “Hairs Cut”, because he could feel each of his hairs being cut.

He recently explained that the change in the weight of the hair produced by the haircut was what caused him so much distress, as well as feeling exposed and vulnerable by losing the ‘protective' barrier his hair created between him and the world.

Read more about effective methods which can have a really positive effect on your aspergers child:

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