How do you cope with sensory issues with your girls? And how accomodating are school? My 6 year old is in mainstream and struggles massively with hand dryers. Wouldn't go near a public loo for years, still very reluctant even with ear defenders. They have hand dryers at school. In year r they covered it up and she was fine. When it came to year 1, she was allowed to carry on using the year r toilets. This worked for a while, until the year r children started to question why she was using them and then I think she felt pressured into using the year 1 toilet with the hand dryer. We started to get school refusal around this time, I think not just because of the hand dryer, although this was a big part of it. So school agreed to take the fuse out and she is now using the year 1 toilets with no hand dryer. As we transition to year 2 school plan for her to use the year 1 toilet next year still, but after last year, I'm wary we'll end up with the same issues. I would like them to take the fuse out so she can use the same toilet as the rest of her class. Is this reasonable? Or am I asking to much? We try not to shield her too much but do take her lead on things mostly. Personally I think she should be as comfortable in the school environment as is possible. I'm sure school think I'm being over the top. I think they think if she is exposed more to these things she'll just get use to them but that's not the experience we have at home. Anyway, sorry for rambling, just curious to know how everyone else approaches these things. Thank you.