Video on autistic perception walking down the street

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT_D5OePfv8[/youtube]

Did you ask them, if they ever been to a Night Club or played loud music for most of they life first?

As they could of damaged they hearing. Or am I assuming that includes the sound.

I just have less filtered hearing. Don't have the visual sensory problem, I know if you stay in a dark place too long, then the bright light will hurt your eyes & you will need sun glasses. But more to max setting like a 100watt light bulb, for me normally.

I don't know if the waving & clothing thing is exaggerated fear, to put the point across.

You guys actually had any tests ran for the eyes. Also touching things & maybe moving your body, would be tactile learning Or kinaesthetic learning.

It would also be good idea to find out they learning styles.

I would NEVER trip over my own feet because I was staring at an interesting cloud ( he says with fingers crossed under the computer desk!).
That is not totally accurate, but I certainly can relate to it. Lights & noise can be awful.
Every little thing..

Matt

I think it's accurate. I'm more or less NT in this sense, because I don't really have any significant sensory issues. The first part of the video looked pretty "normal" to me. I guess I'd look around a little more than that, but it would be fairly subtle, probably moving my eyes but not my head. Sometimes I'll notice some colourful caterpillar or something like that which most people would not notice, but it's not that common. When I was younger, though, I think I used to look around a lot more.

It was actually a very interesting video for me. While watching the first part I tried to guess the sort of things that would be highlighted in the second part and mostly guessed wrong! For instance, I thought the person would focus on car number plates and count the number of chimneys in the distance.



Oh yeah, now that I used to do all the time! Sometimes still do.

shrox, that video was hilarious!

Well, I do run down the hall of the office building with my arms out like a jet. Like I said before, if you have a pet or service animal with you, people think you are just doing it for them!

Wait, Neurotypicals DON'T look at all sorts of random details when they walk? How boring.

I don't experience sensory overload as strongly as in that video. Bright days hurt my eyes at first, but I more or less adjust to them after being outside for a bit. I hate the deafeningly loud music that most NT's seem to love, and I can't understand well what someone's saying when others are talking in the background, but the noises of the city are very bearable to me. In general, my Autism is mild.

For the noise its even worse for me and I wear earplugs for a lot of situations and even then I get overwhelmed. Visuals isn't as bad for me but I can't stand overly sunny days because even with sunglasses its too bright. I am very distracted by things as well. Maybe not as distracted as the video. Its actually mainly the noise I get distracted by and it is hard to have a conversation or even thoughts during the loud noise.

Wow, that's an awesome video. Hits the nail on the head for me. I tend to notice every little thing as I'm walking in my neighborhood on the way to and from the bus stop and the scent of the air is strong and earthy in the Spring, while it's kind of watery (?) and murky scented in the Winter, and leafy smelling in the Fall (it's hard to describe) and Summer I just have trouble describing. I find a lot of sounds outside too loud for my ears, especially if someone's riding a motorcycle or speeding, or if insects buzz by me The sun usually bothers me as well but I don't find it as bright as in the video. More like how it was at the beginning of the ASD comparison when you could still see everything clearly before it got too bright is how I see it. Very good video overall

WOW,

I have ASD, but I lack the sensory overload, in fact if anything hyposensitive to sound, sight, and smell. I don't notice small sounds, faint smells, and small visual details. I feel bad for you people.

WOW! It's just like this!! !! !! !! Everything is a distraction... Oh, wow... I need a minute to calm down from being excited. Why this excited me is odd. I notice the most ridiculous stuff when I am walking around. I ride a bike and it's much easier to focus, for some odd reason. Maybe because I'm whooshing past everything too quickly for that... -.- I also listen to music. That helps tremendously with the sounds of everything going on around me. Thanks for posting this.

My organization made a video with the help of my ASD son trying to give NT's at least a glimpse. It's on you tube if you search "experience autism". Would you all mind checking it out and letting me know if this rings true at all? My son was so excited about it and wanted his class to see it. His only comments were "Mom, people don't really walk that fast" and "I don't see bubbles in real life".

I post the link for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWFoU05IsX8
Your son is right, because people don't walk fast like that (in my perception) and these bubbles are weird.
By the amount of people shown on that video, one does even receive more noises from the outside.
As you very quickly change to "one-colourdness", a part of the visual overload is getting lost, as different colours from all different peole and buildings and everything in the environment are distracting too and cause overload in combination with the noises.

Thank you so much Eloa.

So muting the color is a bad idea? That minimizes the color part of the sensory overload? That's really helpful.

Do the noise and the movement give any kind of accurate depiction of sensory overload? My son explains that things seem bigger, louder and faster to him...which is why we tried to incorporate all of that. But we really REALLY want it to be as close to reality as an NT can make it.

Thanks for your thoughts and for posting the video. I don't have enough posts yet to do that.

Bonnie

I don't see it as "being distracted". I look at it as "being intensely focused, on a lot of different things, one at a time."

When going into a new store I immediately want to know what the WHOLE STORE looks like, then I can decide where I want to go. I really dislike it when Target or Barnes & Noble changes their layout for no apparent reason because then I have to go through the whole place again to reset my mental map.

Hi Impulse94,

I know my son really despises Walmart. But for him it's the lights and crowds and noise that really get to him. I'll have to ask him about "mapping" the store. That's really interesting. Does that have anything to do with what all the professionals explain to us about transitions or change? I understand that it is difficult but can't really relate to that as an NT.

How do you intensly focus on a lot of things all at once? Doesn't all the sensory input coming at you make it difficult to filter enough to concentrate? Like when in a restaurant, I have heard it described as hearing EVERY conversation going on around you to the point that you can't focus in on any of them, including the one you are trying to have. Is that accurate?

My son and I were driving to behavioral therapy on Monday. Our treat is McDonalds on the way. I spaced out and passed the one we usually go to and he flipped. I told him we would go to the one in the next town. When we got there, it had closed. He was SOOO upset! He eventually (15 minutes) agreed to go to Taco Bell but it was so hard for him and I felt so bad for him. Does this type of thing impact you the same way?

What can we do with the video to make it more realistic so NT's can begin to understand? Is that even possible?

I don't see all these colors either or bubbles and people don't walk that fast. I would say I see it more of the NT way of walking down the street. Plus what as with the picture disappearing? Would that be a shut down and they can't see anymore?