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Learning about autism to help my son (feddit.uk)
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My 5yr old son has just been diagnosed. The diagnosis was binary (yes:no) rather than a scale which was the first lesson for me.

I need to understand how to support him and am not sure where to start. Does anyone have any advice please?

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[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

headphones with music (at a reasonable volume!) to dampen other sounds in the case of sound sensitivity, sunglasses in case of light sensitivity, etc.

Any suggestions for smell (that don't involve holding one's nose permanently and sounding like a muppet)? Because I spent over half my life in an environment teeming with cigarettes stale and fresh, and ever since I got out of that environment the faintest of fragrances are irritating and the strongest are repulsive. I've spent the past 15 years being incredulous that I'm either the only one that smells Whatever That Smell Is, or convinced I'm having olfactory hallucinations.

[–] Kojichan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I carry a little bottle of mint and eucalyptus. I take a sniff when I want something nicer to smell or forget the wet campfire smells.

[–] hagelslager@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

I'm sorry, but I don't know anything about that myself! If it's on one location you could try one of those odor spreading devices which change fragrances. (No clue how they're called!)