An 11-year-old with autism founded his own business and invented a range of t-shirts for kids with sensory issues - selling more than 700 in their first release.
Like others with autism, Max Palfrey struggles to wear regular t-shirts because he finds the materials "itchy" and the labels and seams irritating.
He designed a super-soft top, without seams and labels, and with two hidden fidget poppers in the bottom hem for discreet self-regulation on-the-go.
Like others with autism, Max Palfrey struggles to wear regular t-shirts because he finds the materials "itchy" and the labels and seams irritating.
He designed a super-soft top, without seams and labels, and with two hidden fidget poppers in the bottom hem for discreet self-regulation on-the-go.
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00:00 Oh, I like this. How does it feel? Soft. A little bit silky. Silky? What about the seams?
00:11 How do the seams feel? Seams? Can't even know that they're there. That's good. And what
00:20 about the poppets? How does that? Want to stand up? Yeah. Stand up and I'll take a picture.
00:28 Yeah it's fairly big for you that isn't it? Yeah it's a bit too big. Okay. What about
00:33 where the poppets placed are? Does that feel right? Yep. It feels exactly what they said.
00:45 And it's among... wow. Is that how you imagined it? Yep. Exactly how I imagined it. Good.
00:56 Do you want to just stand against the wall and I'll take a picture? I think it suits
01:07 you. Want to do a 12 when we see the back? Yeah. Slowly. Yep. Well the poppets at the
01:16 back, do you think you need them or not? What do you think they'll get uncomfortable? I
01:26 think they'll get comfortable. Shall I stop filming? Yeah. Okay Max, open the box of fidgeties.
01:35 Exciting. Wow. No, no, no. I'm not packaging this up. I'm afraid you are. No. Do you know
01:57 how many we've sold so far? No. Nearly 700. So it's going to be a few days before we can
02:05 get them out to everybody. Please bear with us. And this is just the top layer? Yep. It
02:14 goes all the way down, yeah. In layers. Right, let's get started. Yay!
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