How can neurotypical people understand what being on the autism spectrum is like?
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[1]https://youtu.be/y4vurv9usYA
[2]https://www.forbes.com/sites/solrogers/2019/04/03/how-virtual-reality-can-help-those-with-autism/?sh=f933fe5198e8
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Distractions
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Be forced into a routine
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[1]https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/behaviour/understanding-behaviour/obsessive-behaviour-asd
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Try to concentrate under extreme conditions (a series of games)
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- Have a meaningful conversation with someone while boxing against 2 opponents (light contact sparring). If necessary, sporadically turn off the lights for a second.
- Play chess with someone while being interviewed. Sporadically play loud sounds of glass shattering, firecrackers going off, children playing, etc.
- and so on
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Made up phrases and metaphors in conversations
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Movies and TV series depicting autistic characters
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Exaggerated tautology
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- "I went to see him personally".
- "This is a new innovation"
- hot water heater
- "He made the hand-made scarf himself"
- "There is frozen ice on the road"
- "I saw it with my own eyes"
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Crucially important: re-word and defer to Autistic Self Advocacy Networks (ASAN), rather than autism-pathologising "charities" and their framing
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Sensory deprivation for people with Autism
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[1]https://psychotherapy.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1970.24.2.228?journalCode=apt
[2]https://www.oceanfloatrooms.com/autism-sensory-deprivation-tanks
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Dr Grandin
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[1]http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984949_1985222,00.html
[2]https://www.britannica.com/biography/Temple-Grandin
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