What are people on the spectrum sensitive to?

What are people on the spectrum sensitive to?

People with autism might have sensitivities to:

• Sights.
• Sounds.
• Smells.
• Tastes.
• Touch.
• Balance (vestibular)
• Awareness of body position and movement (proprioception)
• Awareness of internal body cues and sensations (interoception)

What are autistic special interests?

These interests are extremely common among people with autism: 75 to 95 percent have them. An interest may involve collecting items such as postcards or dolls, listening to or playing music in a repetitive way, or focusing intensely on a narrow topic, such as insects fighting.

How do you relate to someone on the spectrum?

Tips for Talking to Adults on the Autism Spectrum

1. Address him or her as you would any other adult, not a child.
2. Avoid using words or phrases that are too familiar or personal.
3. Say what you mean.
4. Take time to listen.
5. If you ask a question, wait for a response.
6. Provide meaningful feedback.

How do you reduce sensory overload?

How to cope with sensory overload

1. Take a list to the store to focus in on the task at hand.
2. Hold conversations in the corners of the room or in separate rooms when you’re at a big gathering.
3. Keep a plan with you when you enter a highly stimulating environment.
4. Plan to leave events early so you feel you have an escape.

What is hyper sensory disorder?

Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a condition that affects how your brain processes sensory information (stimuli). Sensory information includes things you see, hear, smell, taste, or touch. SPD can affect all of your senses, or just one. SPD usually means you’re overly sensitive to stimuli that other people are not.

What are fixated interests?

Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus; (such as strong attachment to or preoccupation with unusual objects, excessively circumscribed or perseverative interests).