sensoryresearcher
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 Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:33 pm Post subject: Hi from a (relatively) NT researcher |
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Hi there,
Just wanted to introduce myself, I'm a postdoc researcher looking into sensory issues in autism and am very much enjoying perusing the discussions and getting new ideas for research avenues... Thank you!
Warm regards,
-JS |
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RobotGreenAlien2
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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Hey JS,
Sensory issues and meltdowns need to be better understood, as far as I know they don't even appear in the DSM.
Anyway, welcome. |
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nebrets
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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RobotGreenAlien2
The proposed DSM V for autism places sensory issues as one of the things under the diagnostic criteria.
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B. Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities as manifested by at least two of the following:
4. Hyper-or hypo-reactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of environment; (such as apparent indifference to pain/heat/cold, adverse response to specific sounds or textures, excessive smelling or touching of objects, fascination with lights or spinning objects).
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one-A-N
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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One very under-researched sensory issue is misophonia. This is a form of sensory sensitivity that involves a severe reaction to "mouth and nose sounds" - usually eating and drinking. A person with misophonia will find certain sounds excruciating that the average person doesn't mind at all - and it is not related to the loudness of the sound. Most Aspies are sensitive to loud, high-pitched, or sudden sounds (so-called hyperacusis), but some Aspies - and quite a few people not on the spectrum - react to eating, drinking or similar sounds, even if they are not loud, sudden, or high-pitched. For me, it is better to eat in a restaurant with a lot of background noise masking the eating and drinking sounds, than to be in a quiet room with just one other person eating, because I can hear everything in the latter case (and it's torture).
There is a Wikipedia article about misophonia, a number of useful Youtube videos, and some newspaper and TV articles. A few discussions of sensory issues on WP also get a number of participants with misophonia. |
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AnonymousAnonymous
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Welcome to Wrong Planet!
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Oren
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Welcome from a person with many sensory issues! 
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Senath
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| one-A-N wrote: | One very under-researched sensory issue is misophonia. This is a form of sensory sensitivity that involves a severe reaction to "mouth and nose sounds" - usually eating and drinking. A person with misophonia will find certain sounds excruciating that the average person doesn't mind at all - and it is not related to the loudness of the sound. Most Aspies are sensitive to loud, high-pitched, or sudden sounds (so-called hyperacusis), but some Aspies - and quite a few people not on the spectrum - react to eating, drinking or similar sounds, even if they are not loud, sudden, or high-pitched. For me, it is better to eat in a restaurant with a lot of background noise masking the eating and drinking sounds, than to be in a quiet room with just one other person eating, because I can hear everything in the latter case (and it's torture).
There is a Wikipedia article about misophonia, a number of useful Youtube videos, and some newspaper and TV articles. A few discussions of sensory issues on WP also get a number of participants with misophonia. |
I didn't know there was an actual name for this! I absolutely hate the sound of people eating or gulping. I would rather hear fingernails on chalkboard. |
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