Resisting Change
High-Functioning Autistic people often resist changes or have difficulties adapting to changes in the environment or their surroundings. Here is a list of common characteristics related.
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High-Functioning Autistic people are sensitive to loud or sudden sounds.
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High-Functioning Autistic people are sensitive to certain textures, colours or the way they are presented.
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High-Functioning Autistic people are sensitive to sounds, textures, tastes, smells or light.
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High-Functioning Autistic people have unusually high or low pain tolerance.
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High-Functioning Autistic people resist changes in the environment, such as people, places or objects.
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High-Functioning Autistic people’ emotions can pass very suddenly but they can be drawn out for a long period of time.
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If an emotional incident happened, it can determine the mood for a High-Functioning Autistic person's day.
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Sometimes, High-Functioning Autistic people will laugh, cry or throw a tantrum for no apparent reason.
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Sometimes, High-Functioning Autistic people may need to be left alone to release tension and frustration.
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Sometimes, High-Functioning Autistic people will have inappropriate touching of themselves in public situations.
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High-Functioning Autistic people become overwhelmed with too much verbal direction.
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High-Functioning Autistic people tend to either time out or break down when being reprimanded.
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Sometimes, High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty transitioning from one activity to another in school.
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High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty moving through a space.
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High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty changing from one floor surface to another.
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High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty transferring skills one area to another.
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High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty waiting for their turns.
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High-Functioning Autistic people have extreme fear for strange or no apparent reason.
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High-Functioning Autistic people feel the need to fix or rearrange things.
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High-Functioning Autistic people cause injury to themselves.
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High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty in understanding directional terms.
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High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty in whispering.