What is a sensory overload for an autistic person? How does it affect them and their ability to function?

Question

I understand that they get them but what happens exactly to them?

In: Biology

Answer 1

All you have to know is the fight or flight response is triggered which causes the feeling of panic/freak out. That happens because their body is hypersensitive to picking up sensory data. So when they pick up too much sensory data at once the body thinks that something not right and that your in danger because theres too much chaos which sends the body into fight or flight.

And again this happens much easier because their bodies are overturned to pick up sensory data.