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Now I'm not saying that Alanis Morissette is autistic, she self identify as HSP, I just want you to look at her hands while she's singing Thank You live...

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[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And she has that extra long hair too

[–] NotYourSocialWorker@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean that's common? I've gone either or myself. Went from hair mid way down my back to cut it down to 4 mm.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From what I've heard from another autistic person...some autistic people avoid getting haircuts. Some reasons include the small talk, not getting the haircut they want, or not deciding on what they want, so they just let it grow out while they decide.

For me it's mostly the executive load of making an appointment. With long hair my wife could trim it and now with short hair I can cut it myself with a hair trimmer.