I'm really curious about...

Why things like white noise others find soothing and I find really irritating and frequently painful?

Like vibrating things, I can't use an electric toothbrush because the vibrations tickle and itch, anything stronger than this like a massager and I find them painful too?

I see lots of threads about things like this and they're always things that are recomended to autistic people, but they don't work for me and I wonder why, if theres something wrong with me as these things are so common. Another one is fidget toys, they leave me cold, is it because I'm just autistic and don't have ADHD as well?

I feel like theres a lot of confusion about where one leaves off and the other begins and that not having ADHD as well is a bit of a disapointment to many professonals? Although I think so few of them actually listen properly they may just shove stuff at people that dosen't work for them and then don't have anything else left.

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  • I click reply inbtween Iain's posts but it comes above both of them?

    This happens because it is designed this way. When the posts are more than 3 levels deep then all replies are stacked at the same level which makes it hard to read.

    I think it is done this way to stop the text becoming too narrow when the width is limited - and embedding each rely would squish it into an ever smaller space.

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