What You Need to Know About Sensory Processing Disorder

What You Need to Know About Sensory Processing Disorder

In this important episode, we take a deep dive into Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)—a condition that frequently overlaps with autism spectrum disorder but is often misunderstood or overlooked. Dan, who lives with autism, ADHD, and OCD, breaks down the key things every autistic adult, caregiver, or ally should know about SPD and how it impacts daily life.

From struggling with certain sounds, lights, and textures to feeling overstimulated or under-stimulated, sensory processing challenges can affect everything from communication to focus to mental health. This episode offers practical insight and sensory-friendly strategies for navigating the world with more comfort and confidence.

🎯 What You'll Learn:

  • What Sensory Processing Disorder is and how it relates to autism

  • Common signs of sensory sensitivities in autistic adults

  • The difference between sensory seeking and sensory avoiding

  • Real-world tips to manage sensory overload

  • Tools that can help (like noise-cancelling headphones and sensory aids)

Whether you’ve just discovered you’re autistic or you’ve been managing SPD for years, this episode brings clarity, validation, and support.

📘 Helpful Resources Mentioned:
• Free Autism Life Hacks Book → https://link.heropost.io/autismtips
• Online Therapy (Sponsored) → https://link.heropost.io/BH
• 50% Off Autism Parenting Magazine → https://link.heropost.io/APM
• Autism Alert Card → https://link.heropost.io/AAC
• Noise Cancelling Headphones → http://amzn.to/2goVuKf

If this episode helped you better understand sensory processing or autism, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with your neurodivergent community.
💻 Looking for more autism-friendly tools and guidance? Visit www.LearnAutism.net to explore online programs created specifically for autistic adults—from daily routines to sensory regulation.

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Autism Sensory Overload: (What You Need To Know)

Autism Sensory Overload: (What You Need To Know)

What is Autism Sensory Overload and how do you help it? This video is all about autism sensory overloads. Sensory overload in adults can occur at any point in an autistic persons life due to the unpredictable nature of autism. But sensory autism symptoms are quite similar as they are all based around the senses. An autistic person may not have all of the sensory issues present for every sense but, they may have just sensitivity to sign or sound etc. That being said, an autistic person can also be under sensitive to sensory input also. There are lots of autism sensory overload treatment's that are effective and helpful, the most impressive to be is occupational therapy for sensory disorder related issues. People with an autism spectrum disorder like Asperger's syndrome are likely to have sensory processing issues and a co-occurring diagnosis of sensory processing disorder. In this video I show sensory overload examples that are the bets way visually and audibly that i can present an autism sensory overload meltdown with sensory overload symptoms. I hope you enjoy my sensory overload video and let me know in the comments what you thought about this issue.

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These 5 autism signs will help you understand what is autism and how to spot autism in someone. Autism impacts the lives of 1 in 100 people in the UK and 1 in 60 people in the USA. This means that there are lots of people who need support in their daily lives due to autism. There are a host of autism treatment centres or autism support centres set up to help people on the autism spectrum, but you will need to know the sings to be able to help someone. If you are wanting to know what is autism or what are the signs of autism in girls, this video is an overview of 9 of the main traits of autism so you can see what is autism from an autistic perspective. These signs of autism can also be used to help secure an autism diagnosis if you are looking to get diagnosed officially. 1. EYE CONTACT Eye contact can be difficult for people on the spectrum as it is uncomfortable for the m to make direct eye contact for longer than a few moments. This is overcome by the person looking at the cheek or nose of the recipient (autism hack) 2. ISSUES WITH SOCIAL SKILLS Autism impacts the social and communicating aspects of a persons life. An autistic individual may have trouble creating and maintaining social conversation. Also an autistic person may have difficulties understanding social cues or gestures which are typically unspoken rules of social communication and socialising with other people. 3. ROUTINES Routines are very important to autistic people as the individual enjoys the structure and familiarity of their routines. An autistic person may also not like to waiver from their routine as this ‘change’ can be upsetting and distressing in some cases for the individual. An autistic individual will enjoy the routines and that pattern of knowing what comes next which is why routines and structure are very important in the lives of many autistic people. 4. OBSESSIVE INTERESTS People on the autism spectrum tend to usually have an obsessive topic of interest that they know a lot about and become fixated or hyper fixated (hyper focused) on these specific topics of interest. These interests can change from time to time, but the same rules apply: hyper fixated and becoming knowledgeable in this topic. Also wanting to talk about said topic constantly. 5. SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER Sensory processing disorder or SPD is usually co-morbid with a diagnosis of autism. This means that many autistic people have SPD, and it impacts their daily life. SPD is the over or under sensitivity to environmental stimuli that causes issues with communicating with their environment, like the labels on clothes can be so itchy or irritating it can cause a meltdown, or a certain spell or texture of food can be distressing for the individual.

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My Autism Story. This is my story about my autism diagnosis and journey from childhood to adult autism diagnosis. My Autism story, from lost to diagnosis.

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CONSPIRACY THEORIES: (5 UFO Conspiracy theories YOU NEED to know)

CONSPIRACY THEORIES: (5 UFO Conspiracy theories YOU NEED to know)

Conspiracy theories and 5 UFO Conspiracy Theories you really need to know! Conspiracy theories have been around since the dawn of story telling and judgment of authority power. In the 1960s UFO and alien conspiracy theories were everywhere, everyone was afraid of an attack from aliens or something unworldly. In today's world we are surrounded by fast amounts of information and cables that allow us to dig deep and create whistle blower outlets for large and sinister conspiracy theories. Wiki Leaks and other platforms on the internet allow for the exposing of big and small conspiracy theories that we otherwise would not have even heard of. In this podcast I talk about 5 conspiracy theories surrounding the UFO phenomenon that are backed up with facts and whiteness testimonies. Sit back, enjoy and let me know your thoughts on these conspiracy theories.

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Article 13 Passed (WE NEED A SERIOUS TALK)

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27 Mar 201911min

SELECTIVE MUTISM Do You Have it? [3 Things YOU NEED to KNOW!]

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Does Jake Paul Have Autism?

Does Jake Paul Have Autism?

Does Jake Paul Have Autism? Looking at interesting insight to his life and personality. Does Jake Paul have autism? This is an interesting question. I know that Jake Paul has a diagnosis of ADD (ADHD). But after watching Shane Dawsons series on The Mind Of Jake Paul i found some really interesting personality traits that could link to autism. People know him for the Jake Paul Diss Track videos or just wanting to know Jake Paul net wroth, but behind all the drama and videos there is a real guy and from what I see a possible spectrum condition. Does Jake Paul have ADHD? Yes in deed he does as he reveals in a few interviews that he has ADHD. ADHD isn't part of the diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder but it does fall into comorbid conditions associated with autism. I have autism and ADHD as they are found to be very commonly linked together, thus my initial idea that Jake Paul may have Autism. What ever the case I am not here to diagnose anyone but to open discussion about it.

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