Hi all

I've a friend in the states who cares for an Autistic person, and apparently my suggestion that they try giving the Autistic person a pair of ear-defenders or noise cancelling headphones for use in such times, has been helpful. 

In me, I find a get a sense of relief and everything gets a bit "easier" on the rare occasion I remember to use my own. When my child went through the "terrible twos" I found them to be an absolute winner! A feature of my autism is that I really do not like being shouted at, and my performance is degraded in most sorts of noisy environment.

A bonus is that if I'm wearing my blue ear defenders, it's a visual signal that "later would be better" and I also know that if they are still  trying to communicate with me when I am wearing hearing protection, I should probably listen...

I've a friend in the states who cares for an Autistic person, and apparently my suggestion that they try giving the Autistic person a pair of ear-defenders or noise cancelling headphones for use in such times, has been helpful. 

In me, I find a get a sense of relief and everything gets a bit "easier" on the rare occasion I remember to use my own. When my child went through the "terrible twos" I found them to be an absolute winner! A feature of my autism is that I really do not like being shouted at, and my performance is degraded in most sorts of noisy environment.

A bonus is that if I'm wearing my blue ear defenders, it's a visual signal that "later would be better" and I also know that if they are still  trying to communicate with me when I am wearing hearing protection, I should probably listen...