In what ways do noise-cancelling headphones help autistic people?
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A very big part of being autistic, is related how you process the information coming from your senses. Every autistic person is a little different, but a thing which many of them share in common, is that they can easily feel “overloaded” when they’re receiving too much sensory information, too intensely. And different senses can kind of add up, to produce more overwhelm overall. Background noise can make it harder to *look* at stuff. A bright, busy visual environment might combine with uncomfortable socks chafing your feet, or a smell you hate. It depends on your individual sensitivities, but sometimes certain combinations are just intolerable.
So noise-cancelling headphones are a great way to take one type of stimulus out of the equation, and that can make the others easier to manage.
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