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Going by their Mastodon account, seems they were erroneously detected as “from a US-sanctioned region” and it took too long for said error to be resolved, so they just made the switch.

No, but I do remember using the autism(at)a.gup.pe group. Not sure it still exists but I had some nice interactions there.

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Used to, left recently. But the autistic community there was easily one of the best parts.

I listen to music all the time, so probably, but most of the true sensory overloads I remember were when the album I was playing already finished and I still had them on… so I suppose I’ll keep that in mind, that transitioning out of noise cancelling may be easier during music.

The problem is, for me, noise cancelling often either isn’t enough, or creates a much bigger sensory problem when I inevitably have to take the headphones off.

And the settings with a big enough loudness problem to justify noise-cancelling tend to be ones where having to turn it off is inevitable before the noise dies down (to talk to someone)… so I usually don’t bother.

This is weirdly common, from what I’ve heard. You’d think it would be obvious that a disorder (or neurotype, or whatever you call autism) requires accommodation, which requires self-advocacy, which requires being allowed to know what’s going on with you.

I don’t have this with bright light; that makes me uncomfortable, and I sometimes want to wince at it. But I may still experience what you’re describing from other stimuli. For example, crowds don’t always make me uncomfortable, but the excess sensory input from cross-talking can make it hard to focus or think, and have the effect of making me unable to take things seriously.

On the other hand, certain kinds of music can have a hypnotizing effect, and make me absolutely focused on whatever task I’m in the middle of. Though I consider that more beneficial, as it helps me get through schoolwork and some “adulting”. It doesn’t make me completely shut down or anything like that.