Clothes on inside out or backwards, etc.?

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My son, now 12 still puts his shirts on backwards, but he used to also put his shorts and underwear on backwards too. It seems to be an issue with facing the clothing the right way before putting it on. It is not a sensory issue as he changes it without complaint.

At home I don't care, but if we are leaving the house I make sure my son has his clothes on right. He is just a hair shy of 12 and he doesn't need to expose himself to the ridicule of being unable to dress himself would bring. The fewer things to cause him to be a target the better.

I never used to think that I would feel this way. I was always the kind of parent who would say that my kids could do whatever they wanted and I would help them not care what other people thought. That went straight out the window when I realized that the loud vocalizations of what other people thought could cause my son such distress. He is already walking around with a target on his back. No point in making it a target on an inside-out, backward shirt.

My son pays no attention whatsoever to what he's doing when he is getting dressed. His underwear might be backward or inside out, or left laying on the floor where he got dressed, or on his head. Same with his pants and shirt and getting socks on him is a daily battle if I bother with it.