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Hi ,

I would say a disorder is an impairment that is physically, mentally, psychologically or emotionally challenging to a normal functioning lifestyle.

There may not be a lot of us, so far, with the symptomos considered 4S, but that's not to dispute it's a "disorder". Clearly it is - I mean it's amazing that almost ALL of us sympathised with Kip not just for being hit by a train (!) but for being stuck in a hospital room with NOISY EATERS. It's almost funny when you think about it, no other group on Yahoo could relate to something like that!! (Having said all that, Kip I can relate 100% to what you were going through, the few times in my life I've been stuck in a hospital ward with other people I would have to eat meals with headphones turned up loud!)

Maybe this also is an extenion of OCD - I can't stand tv or radio volume past a certain point, yet this "point" seems to vary from day to day. Sometimes I don't mind it loud, other times I find it unbearably irritating.

I have lately been having to catch the train a lot (oops suspended driving licence for 6 months!) so I've been walking and gertting public transport a lot. Getting very fit and healthy thanks to my bad driving! Anyway, I have noticed a real problem with the train, in that gum chewers and sniffers seem to heavily populate the carriages I am in. Aghh I can't take it any more. I put my ipod in and turn it up but I still see jaws moving, noses sniffing and it's excruciating. Having to endure that is a far worse punishment than not being able to drive! What is it with gum chewers who chew with their MOUTH OPEN and NOISILY smack the gum around in there - I felt like hitting this man yesterday! Doing his best impersonation of a cow chewing its cud, don't people realise how ugly it is to chew chew chew making that squishy sound? I have read somewhere that the Japanese don't like nose blowing, they find it

offensive, but I'm beginning to wonder if everyone on Sydney's trains follows the same moral code - they all seem to sniff. No-one blows their nose, I feel like passing a box of tissues around the train carriage. I'm not normally a violent person, honestly I'm not, but this is horrible. I don't know how I'm going to cope with this. I am looking at buying an electric bike and riding everywhere, that way I can avoid the train like the plague.

*shudders* ugh, gum

Thanks for letting me vent

Adrienne

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 12:41:41 AMSubject: Re: Mild Aspergers (an Autistic Spectrum Condition)

I have always been hypersenstive to smells, sounds, certain materials, sights of repetitve motions. Kind of explains so much. Certain textures, touch and sounds cause truly a pain sensation. Just never knew why. Re: Mild Aspergers (an Autistic Spectrum Condition)

It makes sense because I DO have Asperger's. Hypersensitive hearing is related to it.

But what're the odds we ALL have it?

= M-F.

>People with Asperger syndrome may have sensory difficulties. These can occur in one or all of the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste). The degree of difficulty varies from one individual to another. M ost commonly, an individual's senses are either intensified (over-sensitive) or underdeveloped (under-sensitive) . For example, bright lights, loud noises, overpowering smells, particular food textures and the feeling of certain materials can be a cause of anxiety and pain for people with Asperger syndrome.>What do you all think?>, x.