Dec 26 2008
Noise Sensitivity but Not to Singing Plushies
Hope you all enjoyed/are enjoying your holidays! We spent Christmas day visiting family. Although it was a long day involving a good bit of travel, it was lower-key than usual, which was a good thing. The last leg of our journey was to my husband’s aunt’s house.
They have a collection of singing plushies: singing Christmas trees, snowmen and penguins, dancing Santas…the works. There was even a tree that danced and walked toward you. Gus is always fascinated by them. He especially enjoys making them all sing at the same time! So apparently, his noise sensitivity does not extend to lots of different toys singing different songs all at once! But when his sister cries it’s like the end of the world as we know it. As irritating as all the mixed songs were to me, the unabashed bliss on his face eventually made me keep my mouth shut and just let him have his fun.
Always interesting to note all the little nuances of Gus’s Asperger’s and Sensory Integration Disorder.
Did you notice anything new or interesting over this holiday?
Hey reading this short article got me thinking about my sensitivity to some noises. I can’t stand the sound of a dog barking,or many loud noises for that matter. I hated the noise of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine as a kid. I don’t know if this means anything or what, but this article just got me thinking.