Unique Sensitivities (Daily Blog)

Shinichi is a bilingual writer (English and Japanese). He often struggles with focusing his eyes, which is a typical issue for individuals with ASD. To illustrate, he finds it difficult to avoid looking at someone. Some good-looking passengers are sitting in the bench seat on a train next to him. He mostly worries that passengers might notice and become suspicious of his behaviour.

In modern life, most people should quickly process information at the moment. A lot of information jeopardizes some autistic individuals. Someone with ASD tends to take a long time to recognize longer than non-autistic persons. In a nutshell, they identify appropriate people for them. For this reason, some autistic people may get into trouble.

In recent times, many companies have been considering individuals with ASD or ADHD as potential candidates for employment. In such cases, that is a preferable circumstance for individuals with ASD or ADHD. In the United Nations in 2006, some nation’s representatives adopted such assistance named “reasonable accommodation (合理的配慮).”

Most companies wouldn’t be able to change their facilities, such as universal restrooms. Even though neurodiverse with sensitivities could enroll luckily in the companies, some lights, sounds, and smells would struggle them. As a result, it would connect to a decline in productivity.

However, some sensitivities are autistic people’s inborn potential skills. Some auditory sensitivities can distinguish soothing classic music. Olfactory sensitives can spot some different slightly smells.

In Japan, one young individual started up Kabin Lab. This attempt would make a more comfortable life for individuals with sensitivities. I’m looking forward to their expected activities!

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