Sensory Challenges, with the Global Autism Community

12/09/2024 54 min Episodio 186
Sensory Challenges, with the Global Autism Community

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Episode Synopsis

Discover what’s possible when you’re prepared for the environment. 
Are you or anyone you know either over-sensitive or under-sensitive to specific sights, sounds, smells, or textures? While this can sometimes be an asset, it can also cause distress or discomfort. 
If you’re familiar with difficulties in processing everyday sensory information, stick around, because today’s episode is a roundtable discussion where we talk about Sensory Challenges, featuring Autistic Self-Advocates Hattie-Angelys Fox, Amy Smith and Adrian Sanchez, as well as fellow members of our online Global Autism Community, Cheryl Albright, Tj Larum and Danielle Terrell. 
Among other things, we discuss: 
Human sensory systems and needs
Hyper- and hypo-sensitivities
Levels of burnout and how to recover from it
Regulatory strategies for various environments and situations
Teaching children how to cope and ask for help
Examining someone’s overall health to support their sensory issues
The importance of collaborating with specialists when writing treatment plans
Speech processing and interpreting
Supports across the lifetime 

Sensory Differences - A Guide for All Audiences
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Are you a self-advocate willing to share your story and educate others? Or a professional seeking to hear directly from autistic voices and improve your practice? Or maybe you’re a family member hoping to support and empower your loved one? Whatever your connection to autism is, we’d love to hear your takeaways from this episode in our online Global Autism Community, where hundreds of people from all over the world come together to support each other and know that they’re not alone.
Join us today at community.globalautismproject.org. Let’s work together to transform how the world relates to autism.
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