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Coping with sensory issues in the real world

Abitlost

Hi there. This is my first time posting. My son is J is 8 years old with a diagnosis of ASD, i guess he is probably high functioning. He has a lot of social interaction issues and difficulties making friends that are becoming more obvious as he gets older. One issue (although there are many) that I have no idea how to deal with are his sensory issues. For example - He has a complete intolerance for his little brother singing and whistling. His little brother likes to sing/whistle quite a lot and it absolutely drives J over the edge, he cannot cope with it - it causes a melt down. My question is this though - How do we give him the skills to cope with things like this in the real world? - If someone starts whistling in school he can't behave like this, as he gets older if he has these melt downs in front of his peers he is likely to be picked on (although i hope not, but i know what boys are like) - so - what do you do?! All of his issues seem to be becoming more obvious as he is getting older...i want to give him the skills he needs to be able to cope but i don't know how

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  • Hi there, I personally wear headphones most of the time when I'm at home when everyone is around (I live in quite a loud household so it they all get on my nerves a lot) just listening to music watching my tv shows etc etc it really helps me my main sensory issue is my sense of hearing too so I understand you son from that perspective high pitched sounds like whistling and singing and more cause pain for us autistics.

    It might be worth investing in some nice headphones for him to use at home he can pick out a pair, make it nice thing for him. The sad thing is there isn't really much you can do about the noise it's self in the real world there will always be noises and sounds that can triggers sensory issues/overload. Depending on how he is he will learn this as he gets older and you can't stop other people from doing the things they want not all the time at least anyway

    I didn't know I was autistic when I was younger I had a late diagnosis so I just ended having to force my self to cope with it by removing myself from situations I developed an almost 6th sense to know when something will end up being bad for me and a leave before anything gets too much for me, and some days I have good days where I can cope better and other when I'm not good and I just need to be left alone with my headphones one for pretty much the whole day I've developed more of a tolerance as I've gotten older but it still happens now and then hopefully your son might learn his own ways of dealing with things too.

    I know in school that it's not possible to just remove your self from situations like that so it might be worth speaking to who ever you need at school and explain the situation with his sensory overload (if you haven't already). They might be able to offer something that might be better for for him I don't really know too much myself as I never was offered anything but I can't imagine asking would be a bad idea.

    I would probably reach out to someone who is a professional that help you guys out the NAS has a helpline they may be able to direct you to the right place. And they might be able to teach you a few tips and tricks for your to help him out now.

    Also if you can talk to your son and ask him what noises, smells, textures and things upset him try and figure out what exactly they are and you might find that some of them have an easy fix and some not so easy but you at least have somewhere to start.

    O.

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  • Hi there, I personally wear headphones most of the time when I'm at home when everyone is around (I live in quite a loud household so it they all get on my nerves a lot) just listening to music watching my tv shows etc etc it really helps me my main sensory issue is my sense of hearing too so I understand you son from that perspective high pitched sounds like whistling and singing and more cause pain for us autistics.

    It might be worth investing in some nice headphones for him to use at home he can pick out a pair, make it nice thing for him. The sad thing is there isn't really much you can do about the noise it's self in the real world there will always be noises and sounds that can triggers sensory issues/overload. Depending on how he is he will learn this as he gets older and you can't stop other people from doing the things they want not all the time at least anyway

    I didn't know I was autistic when I was younger I had a late diagnosis so I just ended having to force my self to cope with it by removing myself from situations I developed an almost 6th sense to know when something will end up being bad for me and a leave before anything gets too much for me, and some days I have good days where I can cope better and other when I'm not good and I just need to be left alone with my headphones one for pretty much the whole day I've developed more of a tolerance as I've gotten older but it still happens now and then hopefully your son might learn his own ways of dealing with things too.

    I know in school that it's not possible to just remove your self from situations like that so it might be worth speaking to who ever you need at school and explain the situation with his sensory overload (if you haven't already). They might be able to offer something that might be better for for him I don't really know too much myself as I never was offered anything but I can't imagine asking would be a bad idea.

    I would probably reach out to someone who is a professional that help you guys out the NAS has a helpline they may be able to direct you to the right place. And they might be able to teach you a few tips and tricks for your to help him out now.

    Also if you can talk to your son and ask him what noises, smells, textures and things upset him try and figure out what exactly they are and you might find that some of them have an easy fix and some not so easy but you at least have somewhere to start.

    O.

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