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Originally Posted by leejosepho
Sensory overloads of one kind or another are definitely common among autistic people, but that does not mean everyone bothered by certain sounds might be on the spectrum. If you wish, maybe look around a bit at WrongPlanet.net to see what other symptoms of autism you might be experiencing. There is where I finally learned about myself as an Aspie at age 59. |
Thanks Lee. I like the name that site chose to use. Aspies often describe their perception of the world as if they were visiting a planet almost identical to Earth, but with differences in it that they don't seem to understand because they aren't native to the planet. What is ordinary and mundane to the inhabitants, may seem silly and overly amusing to an Aspie.
Communicating is also hard because they feel that the inhabitants speak too loudly, or perhaps the words and phrases they use are strange and alien to the Aspie and vise versa.
Apsies often focus in on one thing in the world, one thing they really like and that brings them comfort and solace as they learn and explore the strange world. It may even help to somewhat bridge the gap between the Aspie and the inhabitants.
Yeah, I like this analogy, because it helps me to better understand not only my Aspie cousin, but myself as well.