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Are There Any ASD People Who *Don't* Have Sensory Issues?

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Rate the severity of your sensory issues
Disabling 13%  13%  [ 11 ]
Significant, but mostly manageable 45%  45%  [ 38 ]
Present, but not to a very significant degree 24%  24%  [ 20 ]
None, or nothing outside of what is considered "normal," and have an ASD 15%  15%  [ 13 ]
Don't know / Don't want to vote 4%  4%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 85

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12 Feb 2010, 2:42 am

I'm a bit sensitive to touch, but I'm not quite as jumpy with physical contact as I used to be.. My big problem is that I hyper-analyze visual detail to the point of a flaw. It is awesome for drawing and learning stuff, but every other time I find flaws on the stuff we're machining at work, the leadguy not only doesn't see a problem, but he literally thinks I have some head issue and imagine things because he can't even comprehend what I pointed out. I can sometimes filter what is worth reporting and what should be ignored, but I inevitably do it wrong at some point, and it sucks having someone naive to what you see tell you that you are imagining something (like they actually have some sort of clue if they can't even see it :x )



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12 Feb 2010, 3:36 am

Mine are minor.



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12 Feb 2010, 8:42 am

Bright light hurts my eyes, besides that I have no sensory issues.


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12 Feb 2010, 4:00 pm

MsTriste wrote:
Francis wrote:
I voted none. I really don't have any sensory or tactile issues. I had some minor ones as a child but that was decades ago. I actually think my senses are less sensitive then the average person. My hearing is shot from years of music too loud. My skin is largely very unsenstive. I'll frequently cut myself and will walk around bleeding and not even know it until someone points it out. I've gotten a crown and a root canal without novacaine or other pain killer. The list goes on. My senses are rather dull.

According to what I've read, our senses can be hypo (less) as well as hyper (more).

We can even have both hyposensitivity and hypersensitivity in the same sense. A common example is to be sensitive to certain kinds of light, but to also be attracted to bright, shiny objects. This is true for me. I love gold jewelry and diamonds and crystals, but have to wear sunglasses at all times outside. Everyone here would probably understand, but try explaining that one to a NT :roll:


I'm one of those. I am hypersensitive to light and can't tolerate fluoro lights, but I love love love harsh contrast, especially red and blue. I can sit and look at a red and blue surface for ages.

And it seems to knit something back together in me...like I have a neurological "dislocation", and the red/blue visual stimulation puts it right.


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12 Feb 2010, 4:27 pm

I have none that I am aware of.

I have to wear earplugs to be able to sleep, otherwise the ambient noise of the house will keep me awake. However, that may be conditioning rather than an effect of autism, because I used to be homeless and slept in shelters, which are large dormitories full of guys snoring and whatnot. I had never worn them before having to live there, but I haven't been able to stop wearing them since, and I haven't been in a hostel for twenty years.