Why do the words "special needs" increase the price 10 fold???

[Lilyrainbow]

I'm looking for all in one sleepsuits that zip up the back for 6yr old autistic child. Cheapest i've found is £20 each. its a big baby grow that zips up the back. Why so expensive? It's a rip off.

A quick Google suggests onesies are about that price. Could you get a normal footless onesie and put it on backwards?

No idea why so many say you're unreasonable! Have you seen the m&s ones 2 for £20?
https://www.marksandspencer.com/2pk-pure-cotton-back-opening-sleepsuits-3-16-yrs-/p/clp60642915?intid=mobile_app_pdp_share

Because it's not mass produced? Cheaper if the design, pattern, cutting costs ate spread over 10000000 items than 10 items.

I have a child with SEN. I have bought a few things that cost a fair amount as they were big items but have been quality, however there is some utter cheap 'sensory' shite which has massively inflated prices but could be found elsewhere at least 50% cheaper.

It's difficult with SEN children as sometimes they just don't take to things you buy or break them very quickly too. I always try and think a bit more creatively about what and where I can buy SEN items before going directly to a SEN retailer. You can bung glitter, a plastic fish and water in a bottle and make something that would cost a tenner + from a SEN store.

Disability tax.
Obviously it's not a real tax. But the markup is real. Partly low supply/demand, partly because we're a captive market if we don't have any other option. It's worse in the US where if anything could be covered by insurance, the price is sky-high, yet a lot of people's insurance doesn't in fact cover it. I've seen floaties for disabled kids and adults which are literally just a bit of foam run up into the £100s.

I think this is where a lot of parents of disabled kids first find the societal issues of living with a disability (not shade - the early years can be so much taken up with the medical diagnosis process and all the stress that brings). It sucks, I'm sorry.

It's really bad, happens with other things too, like weddings.

I don't think £20 is ridiculous tbh, for a specialist piece of clothing.

It's ridiculous isn't it. We've juat been going ro peimark now and putting onesie on backwards and buying the all in one things that lots of girls seemed to be wearing body suit with legs literally like leggings and top in one can not think of the word 🤦‍♀️ but under regular top and bottoms cheap enough in primark and the likes. Do have some m&s ones but regular ones work just as well

It's really bad, happens with other things too, like weddings.

You have the choice with a wedding on whether you pay inflated prices for whatever, you have very limited options with disability with little choice but to pay over the odds.

I think it's about demand, quality and competition. Weighted blankets are a great example. They used to be very niche and price reflected that. The quality was generally good in terms of safety, because they were made/sold by specialist companies.

Now you can find them almost everywhere, lots of different types, qualities and fabrics. And pricing structures reflecting that. However, I don't know if the safety is the same across the board.

Additionally there was advice given about them before and the websites selling them were quite strict in their weight recommendations. Now it's more like "take your pick" on non specialist sites. The knowledge that comes from people who have sold products to parents with children who have different types of extra requirements is also worth something. Think about those suppliers vs, say TEMU. Night and day on all levels.

But I have no doubt there are also opportunists, because that's how capitalism works. If it really works though, those sellers should have no customers after a while.

This is what PIP is for, if anyone still thinks we spend it on having a fun and luxurious life. Having "special needs" is expensive. 😞

Family fund also offer grants to assist with the purchase of SEN equipment.

I've tried that but the neck pulls on her throat and she hates it.

These are exactly what I want as the ones she has now are getting to small. Trying to buy these is like mission impossible. They also seem to have changed the design making them front fastening. There must be a demand for them as they sell out so quickly. One so called "disabled child charity" charges up to £45 for just one. Who pays that for a pyjama? Something has to change.

Bigger size ?

They not specialised thought. A basic large babygro with a zip up the back. The same thing for other kids are 5 for £7 it's a pure rip off.

I think wetsuits do up.at the back?

So go into business, design something appropriate, find a sweat shop in SE Asia where trafficked women will work for pennies and go into production. Then you'll have what you need for a fiver.

Not always. If you go on to disability websites and then Amazon for example, there's usually a huge difference in price for the same item. Only difference is the word disability being slapped on it.

https://www.marksandspencer.com/2pk-adaptive-pure-cotton-rompers-3-16-yrs-/p/clp60650962?color=PEWTER&extid=psps-pla-pmaxxgglkwwch--UK---bau&gaddsource=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD7g6bTTaAoZSgrjQBLki6EDbGpAh&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7Py4BhCbARIsAMMx-ItRRkMDSuZEyii6P7INwM0W4Btee0qiDYaj4hO0ZLyesvmMl4VfMaAh54EALwwwcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

What about these at M&S? They look like they could meet your criteria OP.

I agree op, I tried to find a tutor for my dd and it was £120 an hour. I understand the tutor would be specialist but I’m sure they’re not even getting half that. The reason it’s so hard to get an ehcp is because these things are so expensive and councils can’t afford to spend the money.