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3 Tips To Navigate Autism Sensory Overload · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  You have arrived. Welcome to the ASPY world.
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  Here's where we talk about anything and everything ASD in
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  an upbeat and informative way. And now here's your man on the
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  spectrum, your autism Ambassador, Daniel Morgan Jones.
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  3 Tips to Navigate Sensory Overloads and Autism Hey guys,
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  welcome back to the ASK Me ALL, What's up?
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  My name is Dan, I have autism and ADHD and I make weekly
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  videos all about this stuff. So if you're new around here and
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  you want to join this movement of people empowering other
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  people just like you. My mission?
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  To help autistic individuals 10X of life, then make sure to click
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  the subscribe button by clicking the notification bubble down
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  below. So sensory overload is something
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  that happens to autistic people quite often and essentially
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  overload one of our main causes of autism meltdowns.
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  Now, if you're familiar with autism.
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  And you're familiar with. Meltdowns.
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  This is uncomfortable. Outbus of emotions are what
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  happens when there is a loss of control in the environment of
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  the autistic individual and it's not good.
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  I myself do have these 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 only 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 are just absolutely fantastic.
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  As soon as 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 trigger and. Like an environment where it's.
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  Too loud, noisy. Could be shopping, World train
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  station anywhere. Put these headphones on and it
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  just really does help. It dampens the noise and it's
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  kind of like one of the things that I would never leave home
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  without, because if I'm going somewhere, I know it's going to
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  be noisy. I want to take my headphones
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  because I want to kind of detach from that environment.
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  It's a bit crazy and chaotic, right?
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  So #2 is comfort over class and I always use this rule,
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  especially when I'm traveling is that I'm put on like.
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  Pajamas. 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 traveling on an airplane or bus or car, whether
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  I'll just really chill and just get into like the company's
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  clothes of it. As soon as I wanted 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 go into the event that I'm supposed
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  to do now. This is amazing because it gives
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  you that control in the environment that you really
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  need, especially when traveling with this.
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  Traveling can be kind of. Quite.
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  Out of control, so comfort overclass wins every time.
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  OK, so #3 is sunglasses. A lot of people overlook the
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  thumb, but carrying sunglasses is a really good way to navigate
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  through social situations and also people who are sensitive to
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  light sensitivity. Like if the sun's too bright, if
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  light are too bright, put sunglasses on.
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  Helps kind of dampen that light ring in and it dampens that
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  effect of that sensory 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
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  us to say, people love people in the eyes because you can look
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  anywhere around them but you've got sunglasses on so they won't
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  even know. Guys, if this video is life
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  changing for you on anybody else, please share 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 view a like and I'll see you in the next
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  one. Peace.
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  OK, guys. See you in the next one.
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  Peace.