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Autism & Hypersensitivity

The neural basis of sensory hypersensitivity. A study reveals a neural circuit that appears to underlie sensory hypersensitivity in a mouse model of autism, offering a possible strategy for developing new treatments. Source 4t.

Hypersensitivity and Autism

It's already known that many of those who are under the Autism spectrum would have sensory related issues - anything they receive through their senses are automatically amplified. Perhaps maybe the information of the senses (E.g sound) doesn't physically change when the Autistic person receives it, but their minds processes it a lot more powerfully than the neurotypicals?