I am new to dealing with ASD.
My 6 yo has ASD and we have a wedding coming up soon. She has recently decided she will not wear any dresses (other than school uniform which is ONLY dresses) which is fine I am very laid back in general, let her wear whatever she wants. At school parties she will be there in her favourite Sonic/Super Mario T-shirt - fine.
I started to broach the subject of the upcoming wedding and was trying to say that when we go shopping for clothes she can pick some nice trousers and a top or a jumpsuit or something nice along those lines for the wedding, and it's fine if she doesn't want to choose a dress like I will and her sibling will. Anyway cue meltdown and saying she is going to wear Mario t shirt and she won't chose anything else. I have just left it for now.
I am wondering if I should keep trying to convince her/just pick something for her and hope she decides to like it or just let her be and go in whatever she wants - although she obviously won't be very formally dressed 🙃
Has anyone been in a similar situation?
How did you go about it?
Any advice much appreciated 😊