The background. Dd is 10yo. Recently diagnosed ASD. Bigger issue right now is intense anxiety. We are waiting on appointments for medication and CBT.
Her vision recently changed and she needs glasses. She definitely needs vision correction by the time school begins again here (about 7 weeks away).
I knew getting her to pick out frames was a no go, so I found a company that sends a full set of frames to your house to try on. She absolutely refuses to do it. We took away screen time until she cooperated and she ended up spending the rest of the day and night crying and refusing to sleep. Today she has laryngitis which is something that happens when her anxiety gets bad.
I actually want to get her contacts because I understand that she doesn’t want glasses. There are a couple barriers to that. 1) she isn’t great with personal care 2) she has some dexterity issues
I have asked her to cooperate with glasses for one month, wearing them at home only and not when we gave guests. I want her to take care of the glasses. During that time I also want her to work on mastering brushing her own hair which she currently refuses to do. The two things combined would be to show she can handle the contacts.
I’m not getting anywhere and I don’t know what to do.
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Purpleartichoke · 24/06/2019 19:06
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