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(A reminder btw that #ChatSenses exists and you *don't* have to be autistic to join in - please do, I'm sure nobody wants it to just turn into me rambling about trains and weather :P)
#ChatSenses Opened the blinds ans it's grey outside! This is definitely a false sense of security and the Evil Day Star will be back any minute, but still, there something about it that feels reassuring and "safe".
#ChatSenses Big thumbs up to the train that just pulled into the adjacent one to mine at St Pancras and blocking the sunlight out, I hadn't even realised how much that was bothering me until it was gone (also, big thumbs up to air-conditioned trains)
#chatsenses I really don't know if there any successful strategies that I've discovered...I have fled 1000's of times in work/social enviro's (noise and space issues). Sunshine though, is 'high' inducing but most autistics I know find it an unpleasant stimulus..?
#ChatSenses Everyone who knows me knows I love a good tube, but post-delay rush hour Victoria line is difficult. People, heat, yikes. I tend to stand by the windows if I can (not that I had any other choice this time!) and, as ever, earphones are a lifesaver.
Looking into a blue sky on a hot day, watching red kites (the birds) slowly turn high above - so relaxing. Then my builders start drilling very loud and at a very high pitch - aargh. #ChatSenses
I love sunlight coming through leaves, water, snow, bee buzzing, birdsong #ChatSenses
It's day two of our Environments Summit. We've brought autistic people, professionals and researchers together to talk about stressful, stimulating and calming environments. Our aim: To create a joint plan for research, improving support and adapting environments #chatsenses
Bright lights and people very near me being loud make me feel frantic. #ChatSenses I tend to disappear into my phone (hand movements, brainless games) or pop outside for fresh air or get snappy and grumpy. Which probably seems very rude. Sorry.
In a lovely twist of events, I’m spending the morningsith @AutisticaUK who want to know about citizen science. Loving the #ChatSenses hashtag. Floodlights and footballs around my flat drive me round the bend ...