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Recent content by Herschel Ruben

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    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    @WolfSpirit: When you were at work, or needed to type, and were feeling sensory overload, what did you do if you couldn't remove yourself from the situation and had to keep working anyway?
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    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    have you used any compression furniture like a pod or hammock
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    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    do you have favorite places to be compressed for example I personally loved to be pressured around upper arm
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    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    did any of you have to remove yourself from a situation or task because you needed compression but couldn't get it while in that place or doing that task?
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    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    It's been a long journey for me to know and understand myself and what's happening- like am I reacting to something because I autism or is it something else. It's often hard to parse it out.
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    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    Interesting that you should say that, because my thesis is based on the idea that individuals on the autism spectrum are prone to heightened proprioceptive responses and are, thus, often and regularly overwhelmed by the external stimuli of touch. Although random and unexpected touch is alarming...
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    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    Just wondering if the heavy blankets are just when you happen to be in bed (at night), or do you seek out that kind of pressure at other points during the day?
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    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    I think it's very interesting associating it with fight or flight.
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    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    I'm very curious as to why 'minus sleeves'. If it's ok, I'd love to know why and when you found the need to use it.
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    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    I'm talking about physical compression to calm the body's nervous system.
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    Using pressure to alleviate sensory overload

    Hi, I am a fourth-year product design student on the autism spectrum who attends the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. I would like to talk to people also on the autism spectrum who have utilized pressure to alleviate sensory overload. Specifically, I am interested in how...
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