High Functioning Autism - which sensory struggles does your little one experience?

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DD's main one used to be noise but that has improved slightly (she is 6). She is still a little wary of hand dryers/hoovers and doesn't like hearing us blow our noses or cough.

She struggles with the feeling of her clothes and needs everything to be soft and not comfortable.

She seems sensitive to strong odours of food and some textures. Doesn't like using cutlery.

She sometimes stiffens up when touched and isn't a natural hugger really!

She sometimes tip toe walks.

Used to get nervous around flashing lights.

There are probably more! Any tips to help these at all, thanks.

DS hates loud or sudden noises, bright lights, the noise of other people breathing or eating. He cannot wear certain clothes, won't tolerate socks and his neck is so sensitive he will vomit if you touch it.
He can't cope being close to other people, them touching him and he feels trapped being in a room with others. All of this makes school unbearable for him.

He's incredibly bright though so getting people to listen to his struggles has been very difficult.

Retained reflex therapy (brushing method) really reduced these sensory issues with my son.
I also did AIT for help with the sensitivity to noise

Thank you,
Sorry, what is AIT?

DS 11 (with ASD dx) - loud noises, feel of clothes, texture of certain foods, motion.

DD 8 (under assessment) noise, feel of hairbrush, texture of food, heightened (extraordinary) sense of smell

AIT = auditory intergration training. You have to have an audiogram to spot the frequencies that you are sensitive too, they make music specially tailored to the you and then you have to play it on headphones twice a day for 10 days and it makes you less sensitive to those frequencies

You can either go to a practitioner or do it at home. We did it at home with these guys so I could do it before and after school... (it was really successful)

auditoryintegrationtraining.co.uk/auditory-integration-training-ait-for-hearing-autism-adhd-add-dyslexia-and-other-special-needs-2/in-clinic-and-distance-auditory-integration-training-available-2/