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Sensory Supersensitivity: Support, Accommodations, and Coping

Chris explains why sensitivity to noise, temperature, light, and changing weather is not abnormal—and how parents can respond with curiosity, practical accommodations, and coping support.

  • Autistic identity / Acceptance, Communication, Parenting, Sensory experience
  • All audiences
  • 1:02
  • Free resource
  • Published August 25, 2026
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Discusses sensitivity to noise, light, temperature, weather changes, sensory accommodations, and practical coping support.

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We can be susceptible to hypersensitivity in certain situations, and this is not abnormal. If your child is supersensitive to noise, or to certain sounds in particular, or seems to do better on a cold day than on a hot day—or better on a hot day than a cold day—or their needs change with the weather, that is not abnormal. Ask them, “What do you need right now? Is it too noisy? Is it too light? Is it too dark? Too cold?” Then you can work around those things. But, in my opinion, it is important to find a balance between accommodating your child and helping them understand that the world cannot always cater to our hypersensitivities, and that we need to learn to cope with these things.
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