5. Autistic children don’t like hairdressers
Another very interesting information on our list of autism facts and statistics: autism rates in Amish, countries that don’t vaccinate and more, is that a lot of autistic children do not like going to the hairdresser. You might say, many children don’t like that, but this is something completely different. Reason for this can be that persons with autism are often very sensitive (see number 10 on our list). The process of hair-cutting includes a lot of close contact with the hairdresser which can be particularly upsetting for children with autism. Parents of autistic children developed various techniques to minimize the stress of going to hairdresser such as using timers to let them know how long the process will take or explaining the procedure in detail over and over again. One particular hairdresser, James Williams, recently made headlines for his unique approach to working with autistic children. Instead of the traditional way of cutting hair, “Jim the Trim” hairdresser adjusts the working environment to each kid. If the kid wants to lay on the ground, Williams finds a way to cut the hair that way without upsetting the child. What to say but congratulations!
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