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Podcast: Autism and Parenting
Episode: Sensory Overload
Description: Have you ever walked into a showroom filled with TVs—each screen playing something different, all on full brightness, full contrast, and full volume? It’s overwhelming, right? Your brain struggles to focus on any one thing. That’s sensory overload.Or imagine if every radio station started playing on the same frequency—a chaotic mix of sounds with no way to filter or tune out. That’s what sensory overload feels like to many children and individuals with sensory sensitivities, especially those on the autism spectrum.When they go into a social setting—a mall, a park, a part...