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Aren't we the normal ones for noticing everything??

SJ7

Ever since my diagnosis last month I've been researching the topic heavily and many "Asperger's" documentaries that I watch says "he has heightened level of sight/hearing", "he notices all the sounds, the wind, the flag moving, the stares, the heat of the sun, etc..."

I mean... doesn't everyone?? I feel it so weird that we notice all of these things as if others don't have a normal hearing/senses...

If that's the case, aren't we the normal ones? lol...

I told my doctor I don't have a problem with eye contact, he said it isn't about having a problem doing it, he said it's the constant thinking about it while doing it! And that struck a thought... Normal people do it without thinking?? I find it hard to grasp...

Can someone explain to me what it means to not notice everything?? or does the brain just filter them out for normal people? isn't that dangerous?

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  • I read a book which explains this - A field guide to earthlings by Ian Ford.

    Yes, NT brains filter out some sensory inputs, which allows them to cope better in busy environments and multi task. Babies don't have this, it develops over time and is usually complete by adulthood if I understand correctly.

  • in reply to Lotus

    I agree that this is a really useful book.

    I also really like the Olga Bogdashina book “sensory perceptual issues in autism and Asperger’s syndrome”. It seems very important to read the second edition not the first though! The language in the first edition is not something i enjoyed and it’s not got a lot of the up to date research.  She does a really good job of gathering together all the research on the subject. The thing that really stood out for me was how much sensory gating non-autistic people do - their brains are disregarding a much higher amount of the data their senses send to their brains. So that’s why they can’t feel the clothes they are wearing unless they draw their attention to the feeling and it’s not that they can’t see the details in their environment it’s just that their brains unavoidable filter more of the details out of awareness. There is not a lot they can do about it apparently. 

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  • in reply to Lotus

    I agree that this is a really useful book.

    I also really like the Olga Bogdashina book “sensory perceptual issues in autism and Asperger’s syndrome”. It seems very important to read the second edition not the first though! The language in the first edition is not something i enjoyed and it’s not got a lot of the up to date research.  She does a really good job of gathering together all the research on the subject. The thing that really stood out for me was how much sensory gating non-autistic people do - their brains are disregarding a much higher amount of the data their senses send to their brains. So that’s why they can’t feel the clothes they are wearing unless they draw their attention to the feeling and it’s not that they can’t see the details in their environment it’s just that their brains unavoidable filter more of the details out of awareness. There is not a lot they can do about it apparently. 

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