Published on 12, July, 2020
I have a daughter. It’s hard. I love her and I can’t say I regret having her, but I would appreciate if I knew the challenges in advance. Well I already forgot how much I suffered in school. Now as she is growing up she reminds me about it. I’m happy…
Thank you
I don't think it is possible to train our sensory system to filter sounds. I find the best thing is to stay as calm as possible, by using earplugs or noise cancelling headphones to try to prevent sensory overload. Sometime intense hyper-focus…
I lived and worked in 3 countries, Poland, Slovakia, and UK, and I can tell it's easier to get by without people noticing you're autistic everywhere except home country. I've been on holiday in Italy 3 times and I loved it.
I would like to…
It is common for autistic people to be ultra sensitive to certain noises. Exposure can result in sensory overload and trigger a meltdown. If you are stressed to start with (about other things) that will exacerbate the situation and amplify the emotional…
First step, tell them early
Second step, apply for DSA, this will help by paying for things like a mentor if the uni doesn't, any equipment needed, e.g. noise cancelling headphones, earplugs, sensory kit. etc
Third step, early on, talk to the uni…
Of course I can't say with 100% certainty, but it sounds like perhaps your daughter does have hypersensitivities to certain sounds. It also really sounds like she's masking at school, which is pretty typical. When she gets home, she'll 'unclench',…
hi Stonechat
Thank you for your reply.
The sounds that bother her most are the sounds she describes as 'sharp' sounds and says they are painful to her ears, so I do my best not to make that sort of noise but sometimes it can't be avoided as it can happen…
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Hope. I don't think you ever said whether your flat is council-owned, housing association or a simple private rental but all of these ownership types should have options where you can talk to someone so that you can…
I’m not diagnosed, but I filled quite many different tests. RAADS R got 170 points, AQ few times, there were also high results 40-45. If you understand things literally, have issues to understand the hidden point, have misunderstandings on this field…
Give me a mo, just pulling up my student support document
First thing is DSA
DSA for me provided recording software and hardware for lectures, including some transcription software (my audio prosessing is rubbish)
An app called brain in hand that has…