Sensory sensitivity

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Autistic people are often hypersensitive or hyposensitive to certain sensory stimuli. Different senses may be affected in different ways.

Hypersensitivity

Definition, examples

Hyposensitivity

Definition, examples

See also

• Sensory overload
• Auditory perception
• Gustatory perception
• Olfactory perception
• Tactile perception
• Visual perception