As the title suggests, when did this happen? How?
In my humble opinion, chicken wings should be eaten with your hands. Almost, as savagely, as ribs. But when the hell did people start eating them with utensils? It just, seems wrong on so many levels.
As a person with a lot of touch-sense based triggers, I could see many people these days with similar ND traits simply finding the feel of touching either the chicken or the sauce upon it as far more than simply “icky” or unpleasant that they can mentally force themselves through.
Personally, I hate having sticky sauces touching me. But I can power through it because ribs and chicken wings are so delicious. I just keep napkins (or better; wet wipes) nearby to get it off me immediately.