Socks woes and school | Autism PDD
I have realized that Sara has some sensory issues that I never realized were sensory issues. She is not fond of socks and shoes. Someone told me that me that maybe she feels more in control without them, or likes to feel the ground she is walking on.
Anyway, I bought her the sneakers that have bungee shoelaces so she can just slip her foot in (untied shoes drive her crazy). I sent her to school today with no socks on, just sneakers because she fought me tooth and nail yesterday when I tried putting socks on with her sneakers. She came home today with socks and sneakers on! 
They weren't her socks and she wasn't telling me who, what, where, when, or why. When I asked her she said,"ok that's enough talking, I'm done". 
Later on, I got her to tell me that it was the school nurse that let her borrow the socks because she was barefoot. She doesn't explain things well and it is hard to get her to elaborate on it. She said someone carried her there.
Why would they force socks on her? I know her teacher told me she kicks the shoes off as soon as she gets in the classroom. She told me it wasn't a problem in her eyes as long as she wore them outside of the classroom. I know she will continue taking her shoes off (this was a never ending battle with her pre-school teacher). She doesn't like slippers either, so that wouldn't be a good solution for classroom either.
Anybody else with sock woes??
Thanks for the link to the other thread.... glad to see I am not the pnly one around here with this issue.
And yup the seams are a huge issue here!
What about tights? And, no, they CANNOT force socks on. Speak with the nurse. If she has an issue, perhaps the two of you can come to some kind of solution. If your daughter is not getting OT with sensory integration therapy, that should be added to her IEP. Also, nurses sometimes are TOO nosy.
My story -- last year my son's bus got into a tiny fender bender on the way to school. They marched the kids right into the nurse's office when they arrived and the nurse looked across their laps (under their pants) to see if the seat belts had caused bruises. Imagine the nurse's surprise to discover that my 16yo did not wear underpants!!!!! This was still shorts season and he was not wearing socks, either. But it was the lack of underpants that was surprising. He wears swim shorts all summer and the transition to regular pants to go to school in is difficult. We compromise by letting him go without underpants until it gets cold enough to wear long pants. Then he's OK with going back to underpants and socks. I have enough to fight with him about that I don't want to fight with him about briefs and socks. I explained to the nurse that I give him 100% clean pants each day, so there's no unsanitary issue. She understood. However, she must have impressed my son about his no-underpants status because the next day, he put on underpants for school (without my pestering him) and he did that every week day from then on. But not on Saturdays or Sundays, so I guess he just did it to please the nurse!
My sons school won't allow sandals, but I didn't mind once I flipped themSocks aren't a problem for my son at school, but he always kicks off his shoes. Luckily, it isn't a problem for the school.
Your daughter's school might have a rule about going barefoot due to athlete's foot.
Here's a recent topic on our forum about socks. It had a lot of activity, so you might find some useful tips there.
http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19655&am p;KW=socks
Good luck with everything.
Payne doesn't like socks unless he has his shoes on b/c he slides everywhere. When I was younger I didn't like socks because they felt too constricting on my feet...and I didn't like how thick the material was...my parents bought me the lighter weight ones and all was well again...also make sure the line where the material is sewn together isn't an issue...I was specific about not liking that to be on my toes. I'm very particular about clothes and materials....even still.Copyright Autism-PDD.net