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Exercising with Autism- product

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Hello everyone!

My name is Rhea and I'm a third year Product Design Engineering student. My brother has autism, which has inspired me to develop a home product to help individuals on the Autism Spectrum with exercising. Exercising has shown many benefits with ASD and I have several questions related to exercise that would really help my research, and I would welcome your opinion on several questions including the difficulties individuals with ASD face with physical activity. If you are diagnosed with ASD or know anyone with ASD who is 18 or over, I have a survey for that.

I hope to make a positive impact and help people with ASD, and your answers would mean a lot to me! Feel free to message if you would like the link to the survey or  have any questions. Thank you in advance.

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  • Hi I read your post and I think it's really awesome. I am an autistic powerlifter, I started weight lifting 2.5 years ago because I had been self harming since a child and nothing I had tried including medication worked. I am now competing this year in my first powerlifting competition. I have found weight lifting really helpful in managing my autism and it gives me the ability to cope better with life. I believe it might help more people with autism as weight lifting itself is repetitive, solitary and structured. The biggest problem is finding a autism friendly gym and I have only recently found a gym that is quiet and not very busy. Since I have been weight lifting I have not self harmed.

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  • Hi I read your post and I think it's really awesome. I am an autistic powerlifter, I started weight lifting 2.5 years ago because I had been self harming since a child and nothing I had tried including medication worked. I am now competing this year in my first powerlifting competition. I have found weight lifting really helpful in managing my autism and it gives me the ability to cope better with life. I believe it might help more people with autism as weight lifting itself is repetitive, solitary and structured. The biggest problem is finding a autism friendly gym and I have only recently found a gym that is quiet and not very busy. Since I have been weight lifting I have not self harmed.

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