“Clothing Tags Feel Like Needles” 🪡 👕
Channel: Thomas Henley
Date: 2022-12-02

Rough fabric, triggering textures, too tight, too loose and pesky tags…

Autistic people often need to spend a long time, shopping for clothes that avoid these common issues.

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Rough fabric feels scratchy, almost sticky on my skin.

Tags feel like tiny needles, and I often have to remove  them entirely to tolerate wearing the item!

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Tight clothes can be quite relaxing for me, so long as they don’t suffocate my neck. 

Loose clothes don’t hug me enough and I get a lot of skin on skin friction.

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Clothes can trigger us in a number of different ways, although they tend to be somatosensory (touch-based)…

Colours and patterns can influence our sensory world, positively or negatively.

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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve got excited about an online purchase… 

Only to find out the fabric, fitting and size are all wrong.

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Sometimes this happens shopping in the high streets… 

I’ll adore a certain item, despite its negative qualities.

Only wearing it once because it feels off!

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I find a lot of difficulty finding clothes, not only do I have to vet clothes for possibly sensory difficulties…

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Im male, 6”3, wide shoulders, big legs and a predilection for alternative/gothy clothes…

Finding even a t-shirt that fits well is a victory for me, let alone a pair of jeans that don’t suffocate me!

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Most inexpensive and stylish clothes tend to cause me the most issues…

Sometimes I’ve had to buy expensive clothes, just so I can tolerate them on my body.

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Do you struggle finding clothes that you like but also tolerate? 

Should we consider this an ‘Autism Tax’? 

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