I find it so fascinating that someone who can be viewed as so “different” really just craves sameness.

But that’s just one of the many contradictions that lives in this autism world of ours.

Wilson’s obsessive, rigid and repetitive behaviors are sometimes the toughest part of his autism. Often times he needs things lined up, counted, and categorized.  Sometimes he is just incapable of adapting or any kind of flexibility in thoughts or routines.

These rituals and need for order help him block out the stuff around him that’s just too hard to process, like emotions, language, stress, and sensory overstimulation.

This is his latest passion: he rolls up his clothes and puts them away in the same spot every time he leaves the house. He RELIES on the fact that they will be in that same spot when he returns. He immediately puts the outfit back on, and rolls it up and puts it away before bed.

We lovingly joke that he’s like Mr. Rogers putting on his sweater when he arrives.

We try to sneak in some washes when he is at school or asleep. He gets VERY distraught if the clothes aren’t where he left them or, heaven-forbid, they get spilled on.

He’s a little Marie Kondo in the making 😉

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