Should I get locs?

Hello, I wanted to come to the loc community for some guidance with my hair. So I’m 18 and I’m going to college in September, but I’m concerned about what to do with my hair. I have kinda thin 4a/3c hair that’s really sensitive to any kind of heat. I’ve grown to hate everything about doing my hair so when I’m very stressed especially about school I tend to neglect it. I’m autistic and having to do my hair has become a sensory nightmare for me. Everything from having to detangle it and wash it to having to put a bunch of product in it and I hate the feeling of having hair products on my hand. So my hair has been mostly slicked back and in a bun, when I was younger I would get my mom to do my hair and I would leave it out but I’m older and I don’t want to have to rely on my mom to do my hair anymore especially since she has arthritis in her hands. I want to be more versatile with my hair instead of just leaving it slicked back all my life and I don’t have the money to get it done once a month. So here is my dilemma, I’ve thought about getting mini locs for about over a year now. Not anything too small or too big. I think it would be much easier for me to do and wash my hair when I have locs, I could do a wash and go and I won’t have to worry about what to do with my hair everyday. Also my hair doesn’t grow fast so I’ll probably only have to retire it like once a month which I don’t think would be hard for me to do. I talked to my mom about it and she doesn’t think it’s a good idea, she says it’s a lot of maintenance and she doesn’t think I’ll be able to handle it but I’m almost certain I can. She suggested that I get a texturizer instead to loosen my curl pattern so it would be easier for me to handle but I’m afraid that it will badly damage my hair especially because my hair is really sensitive. So I want to ask people who have locs what I should do. What’s it like having locs for you?