dyspraxia affecting clothes? and it is not just the fastenings (laces/buttons/zips) these are some of the other aspects that can cause issues
Textures
Weight
Material
Fit
once again this is another thing that i think lots of people wouldn't make the connection between other than laces, buttons and/or zips. which is another link between dyspraxia and sensitivity and these effects can be quite extreme and as mentioned above material and textures and even how heavy certain clothes feel can have a major impact and influence on the type of clothes people with dyspraxia can wear
the material and texture generally has a major impact (possibly the biggest other than fasteners) on clothing for dyspraxics sometimes to the point that we can be unable to wear certain types of clothing even if there is only a minor difference due to hypersensitivity it can feel like a major difference. for me personally i cannot wear jeans because the feel of them on my legs is quite rough and that is what prevents me from being able to wear them comfortably in fact the one time i can remember wearing jeans i actually had tracksuit bottoms on underneath (it was something like jeans for genes day at school?).
sometimes linked to the material of clothes can be the weight of certain clothes and how heavy/bulky they feel and this can very offputting and irritating especially if you generally wear quite lightweight clothing (this works the other way aswell). an example of this is i have a few quite thick and bulky hoodies/t-shirts that i very rarely if ever wear including some things that have been given to me for free.
something that perhaps can be linked to the two previous points combined with hypersensitivity is the fit of certain clothes as some clothes are designed to be very tight and others very loose and this may not have a really big affect as people get older i know that at points for me i have really disliked tight fitting clothing (perhaps this changed the more i got into cycling) and something that i still really dislike is short (trainer) socks i always wear mid to long length.
now moving onto the fastenings on clothes such butons, zips and the dreaded shoelaces as im sure many many dyspraxics (and parents) are all too aware can be incredibly difficult, frustrating and generally take longer to do and learn. with laces i myself learned to do them when i was 13 years old and this was a repeated process many times in the years before this. buttons especially if they are quite small can be nightmare to do up and certain fabrics can intefere with this aswell as it links to the motor skills difficulties that come with having dyspraxia and even as an adult if wearing a button up shirt i sometimes miss a button (this happend the other day with a bedsheet so its not just clothes) or have to have repeated attemps at the same one.
