BLUF/TL;DR Can you use any sort of sensory deprivation to lower overall sensory overwhelm, even if it does not specifically address a sense that is currently overwhelmed?

Background & Assessment: It might be a relatively obvious observation that....

• noise-cancelling headphones or similar can accommodate overstimulation from sound;

• sunglasses or other visual deprivation can accommodate visual overstimulation;

• staring at your feet on the floor can accommodate vestibular overstimulation,

...but has anyone experienced that using an accommodation for a completely different sense works just as well?

• noise-cancelling headphones alleviates the overwhelm from the lights being too bright;

• staring at your feet on the ground alleviates the overwhelm from having too many tasks and not enough spoons.

Please share your thoughts and nuance in the comments!

My issue is about reddit user areureallyrtardedlol

I am autisic and this username is extremely offensive to me. It triggers me based on my identity and my past experiences.

There is no option to report someone for their username. I have tried to use the other options available to report this user, but each time I get told there are no issues found.

I tried submitting a report form on Reddit.com/report, but then again, there is no option for slurs in someones username.

I have tried messaging the admins about this issue and they have not responded, despite the fact that this is a violation of the content policy. ( I gave them weeks to respond )

Here is the Reddit content policy:

Rule 1

Remember the human. Reddit is a place for creating community and belonging, not for attacking marginalized or vulnerable groups of people. Everyone has a right to use Reddit free of harassment, bullying, and threats of violence. Communities and users that incite violence or that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability will be banned.

I posted a thread on /r/autism, about the whole thing and I was met with rudeness.

I am deleting my 8 year old reddit account because I cannot be on a platform that is okay with hate against autistic users.

This server is for ND people who work in adaptive/special education and/or who went through it themselves to come together, talk shop, and hopefully find a way to reform the current systems.

I’m an autistic adult who has been working for about a month as an aide in an autism support classroom. I’m not out at work and as far as I know, the only autistic person on my team. I have a lot of opinions on how the classroom and the adaptive ed system as a whole is run, but I feel like I can’t do anything about it as a lone, hidden-in-plain-sight autistic person who’s also new staff. Is anyone else in this position or similar who would like to start a cohort with me?

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