Where are the hyposensitive autistic people?

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Have you noticed that there are rarely any posts about hyposensitivity and autism? There are lots of posts about being sensitive to noise, smells etc.

Where are the people who get burned because they can't sense heat very well?
Where are the people who crave motion and want to be on trampolines all day?
The people who prefer super spicy foods because they have a weak sense of taste?

People in general rarely seem to acknowledge that hyposensitivities exist. I guess I can see why, though. They're probably not as noticeable to others or people themselves.

Personally, most of my sensory issues are hyposensitivities. I have always had noticeable problems with interoception, proprioception, and vestibular input. I could probably go all day without eating if I didn't have to take medication, I don't notice if it's hot or cold unless it's negatively affecting my health, have a horrible sense of balance, and I constantly bump into things and acquire bruises that I can't recall getting. I even had extensive problems with my teeth as a child that I didn't notice until I was taken to the dentist, since I just didn't feel any pain or sensitivity from all the decay.

It's honestly both a blessing and a curse. While I don't feel pain and other discomfort that often, when I do feel pain that usually means whatever is causing it needs attention soon and I don't notice it until it gets to that point.

The closest kind of hyposensitivities I have is on basis of willful irresponsiveness (pain) and processing issues (hearing).
And, the most literal hyposensitivities I have isn't innately autistic (smell).

But in relation to responsiveness, I have more sensory seeking tendencies than aversions in spite of having more sensitivities than hyposensitivities.

I think there are factor that goes above hyper/hyposensitivities altogether.


There exists hyposensitivities reacts and behaves similarly to those with hypersensitivities
I'm almost the opposite of that.


But if you really want to find those with primary issues with hyposensitivities;
The starting point seem to sit somewhere between bodily clumsiness, pain processing and sensory seekers.

Overall, it's tricky to find hyposensitivities in midst of lacking sensory filters and alexithymia.

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I agree this is rarely discussed. Surprising since it is a part of the diagnostic criteria for Autism.

I would guess one does not know about what one doesn't feel.

Truth is I wouldn't be able to judge whether I'm hyper or hypo sensitive without something concrete to measure it by .

At a pinch,possibly my eyes are hypersensitive . It's not particularly sunny here. In fact it's been raining .However having both eyes open is very difficult .

There may be a lot of denial that you are really different.

It may also be that people only write about what they consider to be problems on the internet.

I may have a hyposensitivity to holding hot objects. But, I don't recall being tested.

For me, the smell hypersensitivity is not that I can smell better then anyone else, but it is how certain smells effect me. Example, the bleach and other smells in hospitals often cause me to start shutting down. Certain paints and spray can oils can make me shut down. Others don't.

The difficulty is that because other non related elwmwnts can also cause me to have shutdowns, you can understand why it has taken me soo long to work it all out.

I knew the hospital smells make me shutdown because if I walk into a room with tjose types of smells (Bleach, ether etc) I immediately have to leave because if I stay there my strength goes and I end up on the floor in a floppy heap (Deeper end of a partial shutdown) and then I start slipping into a full shutdown.

Often I want to say to people "Drag me out to the outside and lie me on the floor somewhere where no one else is and it is out of direct sunlight".... But I can't do anything to get my mind to speak... I am not able to move much at all as it takes such effort to move to make myself comfortable so one of my limbs is not falling asleep with my weight on top of it, that if I try and succeed, I get another shutdown.

But anyway... If I don't hit the floor before I rech the outside, and I get outside the hospital and am able to walk, I can feel strength slowly coming back into my limbs, and my balance ad co-ordination starts coming back to me. It can take a while for this to fully be restored.

But anyway. I thought I would share what hypersensitivity means.

On another side to this, I was able to hear bats ad other high pitch noises. Once I was passing someone blowing a high pitched dog whistle and I had to quickly cover my ears as the guy walked my way and blew it right next to me. He had a right go at me because he said "Only dogs can hear it". It was soo loud that I am surprized how he can blow it without bursting his eardrums! Why did he assume that because he couldn't hear it, that others could not hear it either?

Anyway. Is hearing dog whistles and bats (Which can be pretty noisy!) being hypersensitive? I don't know. I know I can sense microwaves, and mobile phone signals, and so much that it took me ages before I could pht a mobile phone close enough to my head to hear the person speak. I can do it now but often I have to put a few inches distance if the phone call takes longer then a short call. It actually hurts.

With microwaves and mobile phones, along with pylons and phone masts, wifi etc, I sense it as a pain. It is not a sound.
The trouble is, we have wifi here and I am not allowed to turn it off. I used to turn it off so I could get to sleep at night, but my brothers and the wifi company will no longer let me, so my sleep patterns are effected. I don't feel as healthy and I have lost the ability to sense things since then. It is like living in an enviroment of a continual noise which drives you mad!
I have thought about living in one of our fields in a tent but the midges (Gnats) can get straight through the tiny holes in the vents and having thousands of bites from the things is worse then the wifi.
It feels like a sound but it is not a sound. I can instantly tell the difference when it is turned off.