Yeah but they need to be able to actually thrive in school in order to be prepared for the real world.... Education and all that
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Many offices have terrible acoustics anyway so even non-autistic people wear noise canceling headphones at the office all day.
I don't have autism, but I'm genuinely curious. Do you take them out when you want to listen to live music?
What situations do you wear the noise cancelling headphones and in what situations do you take them out?
I have heard that for non-autistic people anyway, tuning out noise is a skill that your brain has to learn, and that's why the health organizations recommend it limiting your time on noise cancelling headphones.
Is it different for people with autism?
I have heard that for non-autistic people anyway, tuning out noise is a skill that your brain has to learn, and that's why the health organizations recommend it limiting your time on noise cancelling headphones.
Is it different for people with autism?
Yes. The inability to filter out noise is a common experience with autism. This is one of the reasons people might wear noise cancelling headphones.
In a noisy environment, many autistic people say it is difficult to hear what’s being said. Background noises can create overwhelming listening difficulties. Conversations can become a jumble of words (as shown in the image below, created by the authors).
I personally use ear plugs or head phones that are not powered on to filter out noises so I can focus on conversation.
Odd they never want to make the “real” world better for people.
Let's prepare vulnerable people to the abuse they are going to receive by abusing them ourselves. Yay! /s
"We shouldn't let children use wheelchairs because we need to prepare them for the real world."
Nah they mean the real world where they think they will rule everyone and force people into labor camps and refuse to provide any preventative health protections.
This reminds me of my middle+high school math teachers telling us we're not going to have calculators available...