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Autism Sensory Overload (3 Top Tips) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  There are few tips to navigate sensory overloads and autism.
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  Hey guys, welcome back to the ASK Me world.
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  What's up? My name is Dan, I have autism
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  and ADHD and I make weekly videos all about this stuff.
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  So if you're new around here and you want to join this movement
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  of people empowering other people just like you.
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  My mission to help autistic individuals 10XL life.
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  Then make sure to click the subscribe button by clicking the
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  notification button down below. So sensory overload is something
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  that happens to autistic people quite often and essentially
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  overloads. One of our main causes of
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  autism, meltdowns. Now if you're familiar with
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  autism, you're familiar with meltdowns.
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  This is uncomfortable outbursts of emotions happens when there
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  is a loss of control in the environment of the autistic
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  individual. It's not good.
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  I myself do have the from time to time and I have to manage
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  with them. So I've written down 3 tips to
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  help navigate your way through these things.
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  Now if you're new around here and you haven't downloaded my
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  autismhacks.net and it's completely free and the link is
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  in the description down below. OK guys so the first one I'm
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  going to talk about here is headphones now always carrying
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  noise cancelling headphones with you wherever you go.
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  Now I actually have the Apple Airpod Max I think they're
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  called. Now these are noise cancelling
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  headphones and they're just absolutely fantastic.
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  Since you put them on, it kind of blocks out all the noise.
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  And you can just actually, if you're in an environment that's
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  sensory triggering, like an environment where it's too loud,
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  noisy, could be shopping, world, train station, anywhere, put
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  these headphones on and it just really does help.
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  It dampens the noise. And it's kind of like one of
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  those things that I would never leave home without because if
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  I'm going somewhere, I know it's going to be noisy.
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  I want to take my headphones because I want to kind of detach
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  from that environment. That's a bit crazy and chaotic,
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  right? So #2 is comfort over class And
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  I always use this rule, especially when I'm travelling
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  is that I'm put on like pyjamas or like sweats or anything
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  that's super, super comfy because I want to be comfortable
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  rather than looking stylish, right?
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  And so if I'm travelling on an airplane or bus or car weather,
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  I'll just really chill and just get into like the company's
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  clothes ever. Now as soon as I wander my
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  destination, I'll just go to the restroom and change into like
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  professional clothes and I'll go into the event that I'm supposed
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  to do. Now this is amazing because it
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  gives you that control in the environment that you really
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  need, especially when travelling, whereas travelling
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  can be kind of quite out of control.
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  So comfort over class wins every time.
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  OK, so #3 is sunglasses. A lot of people overlook the
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  film, but carrying sunglasses is a really good way to navigate
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  through social situations. And also people with sensitive
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  to light sensitivity, like if the sun's too bright, if light
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  are too bright, put sunglasses on house, kind of dampen that
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  light going in and it dampens that effect of that century
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  input. And also, if you're talking to
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  somebody, this is a pro tip. They believe that you're looking
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  at them in the eyes, even though it's difficult for us to people
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  to look people in the eyes because you can look anywhere
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  around them, but you've got sunglasses on so they won't even
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  know. Guys, if this video is life
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  changing for you and anybody else, please share it in your
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  social media account or leave me a comment down below.
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  I read every comment and I'd love to interact.
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  Also, guys, give this video a like and I'll see you in the
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  next one. Peace.