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Adult Housing

LucyLandRover
over 5 years ago

Hello, 

I wonder if anyone else has experience in finding suitable housing for autistic adults? I live alone in a property on a busy road next to a pub so you can imagine what life is like for me given that I suffer with noise and coping with this is a struggle. I long for a more private and quiet place to live but finding this is hard as people struggle to understand my needs. I am fully aware that we have a housing crisis and am happy to have a roof over my head but long term, it is bad for my health and peace of mind. I would love a shipping container in the countryside but doubt this will be allowed. In short, I just wish to be safe and secure and to be allowed to be me. That is quiet and happy to be absorbed in a book or working on my 1976 Land Rover or watching Ice Pilots NWT with out being disturbed by screaming and shouting from the street. Could the NAS campaign on housing I wonder?

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  • over 5 years ago

    ear defenders work for me , to a degree ;neiboirs dog, for me  their dog, and stuff  is not dissimilar I guess.

    Earplugs outdoors are night and day difference for me , sunglasses , also

    Sorry I digress.

    Im pondering buy noise canelling  possibly bit expensive eh

    Edited to add: should a cabin in the woods turn up #keen organic garden here , albeit permaculture because physical stuff , also tobe secure accomodation based in the nature preferably with land for veg and possiby warm climate (one can dream, no?)

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Deleted user

    This is my current approach. I have three pairs of ear defenders, one of which I bought to try and save some money but did not find them comfortable or effective. I have a pair of 3M's highest rated ear defenders and the next level down. The latter I sometimes have to use for sleeping.

    I have over-ear noise-cancelling headphones by Bose and the level of noise cancellation is excellent. I also have a pair of noise-cancelling ear buds by Spracht (bought from Amazon). They were a lot less expensive than the Bose headphones and the noise cancellation is acceptable but nowhere near as good as Bose. When I bought the Bose headphones it meant going without other things for a long time.

    For Bonfire Night (and similar nights), I had to wear the Spracht ear buds plugged into my radio and my highest rated ear defenders over the top. There were times when I thought they were not as effective as I had hoped but when I removed the ear defenders I soon changed my mind!

    I also have foam earplugs but do not find them comfortable. I also have wax earplugs.

    Bose have released noise-masking sleepbuds (https://www.bose.co.uk/en_gb/products/headphones/noise_masking_sleepbuds/noise-masking-sleepbuds.html) but they are pretty expensive. I do not have a pair. You might also want to take a look at Nuheara (https://www.nuheara.com/) and QuietOn (https://quieton.com/). Neither one is cheap and I cannot say how effective they are because I do not own either of the ear buds.

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  • over 5 years ago in reply to Deleted user

    This is my current approach. I have three pairs of ear defenders, one of which I bought to try and save some money but did not find them comfortable or effective. I have a pair of 3M's highest rated ear defenders and the next level down. The latter I sometimes have to use for sleeping.

    I have over-ear noise-cancelling headphones by Bose and the level of noise cancellation is excellent. I also have a pair of noise-cancelling ear buds by Spracht (bought from Amazon). They were a lot less expensive than the Bose headphones and the noise cancellation is acceptable but nowhere near as good as Bose. When I bought the Bose headphones it meant going without other things for a long time.

    For Bonfire Night (and similar nights), I had to wear the Spracht ear buds plugged into my radio and my highest rated ear defenders over the top. There were times when I thought they were not as effective as I had hoped but when I removed the ear defenders I soon changed my mind!

    I also have foam earplugs but do not find them comfortable. I also have wax earplugs.

    Bose have released noise-masking sleepbuds (https://www.bose.co.uk/en_gb/products/headphones/noise_masking_sleepbuds/noise-masking-sleepbuds.html) but they are pretty expensive. I do not have a pair. You might also want to take a look at Nuheara (https://www.nuheara.com/) and QuietOn (https://quieton.com/). Neither one is cheap and I cannot say how effective they are because I do not own either of the ear buds.

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