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Help - kitchen cleaning gadget for person with sensory issues

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FenceBooksCycle · 14/12/2025 10:36

Obviously like any good mum I am helping my teenager towards adulthood by insisting they do a fair share of domestic tasks (no more than what their dad or I do).

This isn't going brilliantly because one of the teenager's autism-related sensitivities is to do with hating the feel of touching wet cloths or wet kitchen roll.

Does some kind of thing exist which is like a plastic or metal handheld gripper that can have a microfiber cloth or sponge clipped into it which would allow them to scrub the work surfaces in the kitchen without touching anything damp directly.

I'm trying to avoid a future once they leave home where they are either freeloading on an unfortunate partner who has to do all the cleaning, or them living in a toxic petridish where surfaces only get wiped when I or a paid cleaner visit.

Any ideas?

OP posts:
Franklet · 14/12/2025 10:37

Rubber gloves?

Largestlegocollectionever · 14/12/2025 10:37

Marigolds 😄

TheTowerAtMidnight · 14/12/2025 10:38

Another vote for rubber gloves and no pandering to this shit.

AmarylIis · 14/12/2025 10:39

Yes, you can get scrubbers with a handle attached and the idea is you put washing up liquid in the handle which comes through to the sponge. It’s originally designed for washing up but I see no reason why you couldn’t spray the work surface then wipe it using the scrubber’s handle.

AmarylIis · 14/12/2025 10:40

https://amzn.eu/d/bhYeIjI

Like this.

(I imagine the OP’s DC may not like the feeling of marigolds to those who have suggested it.)

SuePerfluous · 14/12/2025 10:45

I would suggest vinyl gloves over rubber. The powder inside the rubber ones can be an unpleasant sensation/experience if the person already has a bit of an aversion to stuff touching their hands (don't ask me how I know)

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