25: Low Energy Self Care with Amanda Dodson
Struggle Care
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I'm on the Autism Spectrum and I've Been a OT for a While Now and I Started to Notice That I Was Avoiding Washing My Tipperware a Lot
I started to realize how many sensory issues I had in my own life that I had just sort of like shoved down in a little ball because they seemed weird. The most common ones I hear are like touching old wet food and people often need like gloves a drop of like something that smells good under the nose to be able to smell something different. aprons like sweatbands that go on the wrist the water can't run down the wrist that helps with face washing too. If there's like crunchy things underfoot when I'm walking around the house barefoot it like makes me want to implode so I have lots of nice socks, including robot vacuums which has massively improved my quality
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