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Noise where I live and wanting to move

Hope

I have mentioned this issue many times on this forum, but things are coming to a head. As you may be aware, I was having significant issues with light disturbance from the adjacent street-lamp despite having black-out blinds, thick black-out curtains and net-curtains. Anyway, while the light still shines harshly at all hours, my Dad has helped me out with a one hundred pound black-out blind/shutter, which fits right across the window, thus almost completely solving this problem. But do I now get a good night's rest on most nights? The answer is a resounding 'no'; and this is because of noise and living next to a through-road.

Because this flat is my very first experience of living independently, when I moved out I was naive enough not to consider possible noise issues from the street. This is because I previously lived  down a quiet residential road, and my parents did not mention this issue when I moved.

Anyway, this week I have been woken up by students and twice by a car revving its engine. Last night this said car woke me up at 2am, and I could not get back to sleep, therefore only managing about three hours!. I am exhausted, and this is re-occuring theme. Therefore, I want to move because I cannot put up with this for much longer, and I currently dread going to bed because I know that noise will disturb me. Even when it is quiet, I am waiting in anticipation for the next noise-intrusion and this is affecting my quality of life.

I have tried ear-plugs and they do not work.

What can I do? I have a CPN and a support-worker.

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  • Good luck with the housing.

    Auditory sensitivity is a neurological disability, causing stress and its associated health problems. Because our brains are not going to change and we are always going to be sound sensitive, it is up to society to create autism-friendly living environments. Houses should be built with strong sound insulation and thicker walls, but sadly social housing is under-funded and over-subscribed, an issue that urgently needs addressing.

    I think Longman has mentioned the disparity between the lived experience of having autism and the overly narrow interpretation in the triad of impairments. Certainly the problems with sound and light do not get the research or the attention they deserve.

    It is even the case that prolonged exposure to noise could make us more sensitive. Since living at this flat I am aware that noise is bothering me even more than it used to, even in environments I used to think of as quiet.

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  • Good luck with the housing.

    Auditory sensitivity is a neurological disability, causing stress and its associated health problems. Because our brains are not going to change and we are always going to be sound sensitive, it is up to society to create autism-friendly living environments. Houses should be built with strong sound insulation and thicker walls, but sadly social housing is under-funded and over-subscribed, an issue that urgently needs addressing.

    I think Longman has mentioned the disparity between the lived experience of having autism and the overly narrow interpretation in the triad of impairments. Certainly the problems with sound and light do not get the research or the attention they deserve.

    It is even the case that prolonged exposure to noise could make us more sensitive. Since living at this flat I am aware that noise is bothering me even more than it used to, even in environments I used to think of as quiet.

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