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5 Sensory Processing Disorder (Effective help TIPS) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  Hey in today's podcast I am actually sharing with you guys.
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  Five tips that I've created with a occupational therapist.
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  I've been working with on sensory processing disorder
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  issues so basically I'm going through five different ways that
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  you can have overcome it. All these are taken from a video
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  from my YouTube channels but I've edited it down to make it
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  more podcast friendly. So if you do hear anything video
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  reference, it's because obviously Sigmund video.
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  I hope you enjoy this. A friend is very, very, very
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  valuable on the information that he is awesome.
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  So please, if you really like this, then share this podcast.
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  Somebody that you think may help.
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  Thank you, what? We're talking about sensory
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  processing disorder and five personal tips I used to overcome
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  those issues. I'll be showing you five
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  effective ways to help overcome the issues.
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  And also, I'll be saying right at the end, a way that you can
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  click this into like a daily work.
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  Chop plan to help you in the weekend.
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  Hey, astral farm. So good to have you all here.
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  It's super awesome to be back with another video.
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  Okay, so let's talk about sensory processing disorder.
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  And From This Moment onwards, I'll just call it.
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  SPD kids like dust, you know, every year abbreviated to spt,
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  okay? So SPD is where your brain is
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  taking in the information from the stimuli or the data that
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  it's receiving from the sensory input.
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  But it's trying to call it install that, and then
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  effectively trigger that to AC response in Your brain but it's
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  not able to do that efficiently because it has, you know,
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  there's something neurologically different about the way it's set
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  up and this is how an sensory processing disorder.
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  Can impact people's lives. This can be like an
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  overstimulation to light. Say so maybe you get like,
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  really affected by light. A lot of people autism you'll
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  see them kind of like wearing sunglasses or like hiding the
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  Riser doing this between their eyes because they're trying to
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  filter out that white because it's so harsh and aggressive
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  because the sensory part of it isn't able to process that light
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  as it is. Specifically for a neurotypical
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  person, the taking that as more of an extreme light.
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  So they may be overly sensitive to different types of lighting
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  and stuff. And parents out there, you may
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  have noticed that your children are more sensitive to certain
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  types of light. And this is the reason why it
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  could also be like a texture of your clothing.
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  So, you know, you could be over sensitive to certain clothing
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  because of like the creases and stuff in it and open with, you
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  know, the Sox and the seam lines of stuff that can really affect
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  people impact them. And this is something that is
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  like very, very common with a sensory processing disorder.
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  This order and also food textures, you know, a lot of
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  people have issues with food textures.
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  And this is one of the ways that we highlight ways of identifying
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  Asperger syndrome in people, use sensory processing disorder as
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  one of the main traits to highlight that.
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  But as well as being like overly sensitive to sight smell touch
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  and all that kind of stuff. A lot of people can be under the
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  sensitive. You know, if you touch them on
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  the leg or you tap them on the shoulder, they may not find a
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  response to respond to that because they may not even
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  realize you've done that or if they're eating like, really
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  salty, food or spicy food. They may not react to Because
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  they are really under sensitive to it.
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  So they have the reaction for. It isn't really there on the
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  main things. I'll talk about is that SPD
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  sensory processing. Disorder, comes comorbid lie
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  with autism spectrum conditions. Now this is like
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  across-the-board. I'm almost certain that most
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  people I know who have not inspection condition.
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  Have a sensory processing disorder also so it comes hand
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  in hand and there's no separate diagnosis for a sensory
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  processing disorder, that's not on the dsm's at the moment as
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  far as As I'm away. So it is involved with mainly
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  Spectrum, conditions autism spectrum conditions, to be
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  precise. So, lots of people with Autism
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  and Asperger Syndrome, have issues with SPD.
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  So, in this video, I'm going to give you five hacks and tips
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  that you can use to help with those issues.
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  So I personally suffer with SPD, I mean, up until recently I have
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  no help on a therapy. And it's the reason I'm doing
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  this video now because I've learned some stuff about that
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  and I have issues with like sensitive touch, like I did in a
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  video last week. In about how when somebody
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  touches me lightly, I get really jumpy and it like really
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  irritates me and I'm really super jumpy about it but if I
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  get like firm touching then that's okay.
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  There's other things like like input and sound important
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  getting really triggered by people sound and things like
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  that. And this causes all kinds of
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  things. You know, if you're if you're
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  completely motivated by stimuli that extends and Body in your
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  overly sensitive and highly sensitive to it, then you're not
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  focusing on the the task that you got ahead of you, you know,
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  focusing on the day or what you're doing.
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  It's very difficult to be. Like the consciously aware and
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  focus on the things. The task at hand, this is very
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  interesting, especially for people with Asperger's Syndrome,
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  who may also have ADHD and they're trying their best to
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  focus, but you have all things like sensory stimuli and the
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  input is overwhelming underwhelming and it's just get
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  crazy, but one of the most fascinating things that I kind
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  of found through sensory processing disorder.
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  That causes me to have bad fine motor skills.
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  If I put in Keys indoors, it could be holding a pen.
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  It could be holding things and knowing depth perceptions or
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  holding a couple going to put in the cupboard.
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  I kind of miss the cabin. I hit the covered and the cup
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  with my hand. I don't realize that that now
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  this is caused because something related to proprioception and
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  we'll get into that in a few minutes while we go through this
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  list of five hacks. So, with proprioception, we have
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  like receptors in the joints and muscles and stuff, and our
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  brains actively engaging with them to tell us where we are in
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  space. So we know where were
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  positioned, how far away from an object, we are, and how far we
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  need to reach to put something down on a table because that's,
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  you know, that's how it works. But, When you're having issues
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  with sensory processing disorder, those are kind of like
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  they forgot about your brain stops engaging.
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  With those things and starts kind of gauging with the over
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  stimulation from things like light or sound or touch and you
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  become overwhelmed all the things and the everything else
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  Falls by the wayside and it causes issues issues that you
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  didn't even know were related to SPD.
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  So I've been working with an occupational therapist to come
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  up with some stuff and some hacks to help overcome this.
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  And I'm going to Shadow me right now, so we're going to jump in
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  right now. So number one is Compression
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  clothing. Now, compression clothing is a
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  tight under armor type of garment that you can wear so
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  sport enthusiasts and athletes have these they're like a really
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  tight clothing that goes underneath your other clothing
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  and other spots apparatus and it's a very tight fitting tight
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  clothing that activates the muscles because you're it's
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  tensing, feeling that engagement in the muscles, which we were
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  talking about earlier that then helps your body realize that
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  you're alert and awake. And what happens is when it's a
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  stimulating, these receptors Has in your arms or your legs.
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  If you have like the trouser version where it's actually
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  holding the muscles tight to tell your body, that your
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  muscles are in your wake. It helps your body focus, it
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  helps your mind focus on where your body is and it helps you
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  focus during the day. What I found with this is that
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  if I put on a compression, vest on with that, in the morning,
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  the day starts off, very, very well.
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  I'm able to do things way more focused and we want to learn.
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  And obviously it reduces the the issues that I'm having, when I'm
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  trying to reach the things up with things in a covered.
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  I'm reaching the wrong way or I'm not reach.
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  So it arm, hit my hands on something.
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  It actually definitely does help with those.
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  Now, there are several different launching get compression.
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  Best that I waited and waited clothing from Specialists like
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  essien, specialist, an Autism, specialist.
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  Those companies do have guidelines with them.
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  So if you're going to get anything waited, make sure you
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  check the label, and follow the recommendations to a tee.
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  Because I have been some fatalities and issues where
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  people have been given waited stuff to children and are not
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  making sure that a check and regulate those product.
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  So it's just to watch out for. Personally I'd highly recommend
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  looking at sport Under Armour. If you're going to do this on
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  the moment, I've only got a spot long sleeve t-shirt Under Armour
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  but that's not really practical when you're wearing a short
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  sleeve because it looks a bit odd.
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  So I'm actually going to invest in a vast version of it.
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  So it's just under here but it still engages the muscles and
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  help activate that response that you need to make yourself really
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  focused and really pull your brains attention away from that
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  overstimulation to then putting it into practical bodies.
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  It's another to is chewable toys.
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  Now I did Video on Chewie jam and they sent me a package in
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  the mail for chewable toys that are linked up for.
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  This company is in the description below.
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  If you're interested in buying some of the stuff and it's
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  basically chewable stuff like bracelets or necklaces or or
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  small things, you can hold a pencil cases and that you can
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  actually chew on. And what this does for me is
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  that what I'm getting over stimulated by light or sound or
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  textures or death. I can I get really angry and
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  this pent-up anger can a comes out and in emotional outbursts
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  and other kind of unusual outbursts that you don't really
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  want because that's not professional.
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  Your working environment is not great when you're a personal
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  environment. So having a chewable toy or
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  tubal item, that you can just really squeeze down on a bite on
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  helps you release that issue and then also stimulate your brain
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  to realize that, you know, your math is engaging with this
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  thing. And again, proprioception kicks
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  in and you have some relief from that.
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  So, I highly recommend checking out chewable jewelry for autism.
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  As again, the link is in the description below so you can
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  check that out. Okay, so number three is muscle
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  work, and this sounds a bit kind of weird and I'm not telling
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  them you have to go and be a bodybuilder but when you Having
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  issue. So basically you're having SPD
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  issues, right? The best thing to do is to wake
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  those muscles up and get those muscles, the proprioception for
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  the for the joint in the stimuli going straight away in the
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  morning. So what you want to do and this
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  is what I do is I'll I use wait to just do a little bit of body
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  weight. Like if you don't have any
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  weights and how so you don't go to a gym, then you could always
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  do stuff at home like press ups and sit ups, as long as you're
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  having tension against those muscles and you're actually
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  using a quite heavy weight, heavy lifting, it could be
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  anything could be like Moving heavy books but it is always you
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  engaged your muscles in that heavy lifting they'll start to
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  respond and the brain receptors will respond to that and you
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  will have some succession and overcoming certain things.
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  Again, this house with focus and it helps with your awareness and
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  your body awareness and spatial awareness of where you are in
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  space as in where you are a room.
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  So that, you know, how much space you need before?
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  Things kind of get you bump into things or how far away something
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  is not. Those things are very very
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  helpful. I found that doing things like
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  whoa, push. UPS or press-ups on the floor,
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  definitely have those muscles and it helps you engage a bit
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  more and it really does wake you up a bit more.
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  Just to let you know guys, I actually have a podcast as well
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  which is available called we are autism.
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  A link will be for this in the description below but long that
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  I actually have a secret podcast, which is exclusively
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  only available to patreon members where I interview
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  Medical Health Care Professionals about tips and
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  tricks that they can offer to the autism community.
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  And you can do that by signing up to the patreon down below.
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  A link is in description below or here.
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  Or on the screen that you can go to and check out patreon, okay?
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  So number four, we're talking about exercising, a muscle work
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  to get those receptors going, so you can feel more alert and more
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  awake and it will decrease the issues from sensory overload.
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  One of the main ways to do this is walking.
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  Now, if you're not a fan of lifting weight or you're not a
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  fan of or you're not able to do what push-ups or four push-ups,
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  then I highly recommend taking about 15 to 20 minutes to go for
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  a walk. If you can, and you're able to
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  go for a walk with What this does, is it gets you outside to
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  get your heart rate, beating it gets your lungs, moving at the,
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  get your legs and your whole torso moving, which is really,
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  really good. Because all of these will
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  stimulate those receptors in the muscles Sue, proprioception to
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  then help you become more focused and it will reduce all
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  of those issues and of sensory stimuli that are coming in from
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  the sensory overload or $10. Now, how can a number five is a
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  really interesting one. I said at the start of the video
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  that some people have issues with like textures and I used to
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  have this, well, I do have this issue where I have green, Oh,
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  these I love having smoothies but sometimes in the morning
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  green smoothies and others movies, the texture can be quite
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  overwhelming and what to make me gag.
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  So to do this, a lot of people who have SPD will use a electric
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  toothbrush, like a vibrating tooth brush to stimulate the
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  gums around your mouth. And to really massage just like
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  a small light, massage on your mouth and use this electric
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  toothbrush. And what this does is it makes
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  your mouth, it helps that proprioception receptor kick in.
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  So when you then take in food that over stimulation or under
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  stimulation to the texture, or The Taste isn't as Active, as it
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  would have been if you didn't do the massage or use the
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  toothbrush. This is a super, super good hack
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  and I highly recommend checking that out.
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  Okay, so now you know, all of these things, this is my advice.
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  I would make a sensory diet plan which is basically a week's plan
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  that you say, you do three things every single day, like
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  one in the morning, one at lunchtime one, the evening, it
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  is stimulate this proprioception and help you become less
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  affected by the SPD over or under stimulation.
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  Now, this can be be a thing in the morning where you say I'm
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  gonna have a shower and sing in the morning because this would
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  kind of like do some stimulation.
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  I mean, the water in your skin will stimulate you.
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  Then at lunch time, you'll go for a walk around the block or
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  anywhere, you know, just to get that motivation.
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  And and then, in the evening, you do some, you know, press-ups
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  or some gym work, or you could do, like, yoga or anything that
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  you feel helps stimulate you to help you focus.
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  So, by doing these things, you're kind of topping yourself
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  up during the day because typically, after you do some
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  works for proprioception that will Last about two hours in
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  your system so it's just a keeping that topped up until you
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  go to bed. I am going to I'm in the middle
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  of doing it right now I found it highly effective when I did do
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  it. So I'm going to do a full week
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  of it and maybe I'll do another video on SPD.