The Party: a virtual experience of autism – 360 film
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Everyday situations can be stressful for those on the autism spectrum. Step into the shoes of 16-year-old Layla as she attends a birthday party. Hear her inn...

Best autism experience (what I call reality) video/interactive simulation I’ve ever seen. Especially ~2:50 with that lady calling you weird and the silverware dropsztztzt🫨😵‍💫😫. I was already giving a fake smile when that happened. Whoever made this knows!

  • I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.autism.placeOPMEnglish
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    3 months ago

    My experience with that kind of situations would be me focusing on one specific aspect of the party and ignore everything else.

    Been there! Now that I think about it, I don’t know what leads to either experience. I wonder if what you said about being in accepting environments has anything to do with it. Thanks for sharing :)

    • maryXann@lemmy.autism.placeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      You’re welcome!

      One of those traumatic experiences was directly linked to the environment and is perhaps more similar to the one in the video. It was at the school’s restaurant: picture a room with 60 children aged 2 to 11 and handled by a pair of ladies who shout a lot and are overall not very good with children (aka: one of the worst place ever).

      One day we were asking wether we wanted the entry dish or not. I decided to try it, as I was taught to always try new foods before saying I don’t like them and I was the only one who said so. That dish was honestly atrocious (I can handle most foods, even by non-autistic standards, but this was vile in all the ways school food can be) and I was supposed to finish my plate before the next dish could be served. All the other 59 kids, plus the two ladies, were waiting for me to finish that stuff. I don’t remember what happened next and perhaps it’s for the best.

      • I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.autism.placeOPMEnglish
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        3 months ago

        One day we were asking wether we wanted the entry dish or not. I decided to try it, as I was taught to always try new foods before saying I don’t like them and I was the only one who said so. That dish was honestly atrocious (I can handle most foods, even by non-autistic standards, but this was vile in all the ways school food can be) and I was supposed to finish my plate before the next dish could be served. All the other 59 kids, plus the two ladies, were waiting for me to finish that stuff. I don’t remember what happened next and perhaps it’s for the best.

        Waaooooowwww. That sucks. Good on you for sticking to your rules and giving it a shot! I have a few experiences that I can’t remember, but I know I definitely should. Considering the silly inconsequential things I remember, there’s no way I don’t remember certain events. It’s like my brain has the memories but prevents me from remembering them. I think that if I try hard enough I could, but when I start teasing my self with it, I get a sudden sense of doom, stop immediately and do something distracting to change my focus. Maybe it’s best to leave those alone. There’s a reason my brain is deciding to forget the experiences. Whatever they were, I’m sure I learned the lessons I needed from them. There’s no need to relive them.