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Autistic kids already use headphones and special chewing
toys
to shield them from excessive external stimuli.
I'm pretty sure that goggles that restrict peripheral vision
would be equally calming. For demonstration take two
empty
toilet paper rolls and look through them. Depending where
you are on the autism spectrum you may find the experience
soothing.
amazon view behind you glasses
http://www.amazon.c...ision/dp/B000O1T52O
[beanangel, Mar 28 2016]
ADD blinders
ADD_20Blinder
[JesusHChrist, Mar 28 2016]
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But it would be quite terrifying if you saw someone
else's eyes at the other ends of the tubes. |
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I didn't think of that. I wonder what would happen if two
people wearing these goggles crossed gazes. |
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A good idea, but fully baked. Parents and caregivers have been using “side blinders” to keep autistic kids from stimming for decades. |
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Long tubes, though, I’ve never seen. Most blinders are or attach to glasses, restricting peripheral vision only. |
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// I wonder what would happen if two people wearing these goggles crossed gazes. // |
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"Don't cross the streams... " |
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xkcd published a wide view goggle to view mountains thing. it is possible that what some say is "regular" human social behavior where people place their social interactees near center of vision would cause wide angle mirror tubes to be soothing as there is less centristic visual distraction socioactivity. |
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Amazon has view behind you glasses. |
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We used this same thing to help us understand the diminished
vision that Alzheimer's patients have. Very eye opening. |
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Wow, I didn't notice. There's been a [beany] sighting. Yay
you. |
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// it is possible that what some say is "regular" human social behavior where people place their social interactees near center of vision would cause wide angle mirror tubes to be soothing as there is less centristic visual distraction socioactivity.// |
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Now I feel stupid :-( Would someone kindly break that down into sentences short enough for me to understand? |
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OK, my understanding of it, FWIW, goes like this: |
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1. Regarding conversation and eye-contact, normal ain't normal. A couple of examples -
(a) I've heard that, in some Australian aboriginal cultures (sorry, I don't have a source), the etiquette for conversation (between men, at least) is that, instead of looking at the person talking, you should look where he is looking.
(b) I've heard that one of the cultural differences that made life harder for West Indians coming the to UK in the sixties and seventies was that, in West Indian schools, pupils were told to look down (respectfully) when the teacher spoke to them, whereas, in UK schools, it's "look at me when I'm talking to you".
So, the assumption that keeping an interlocutor at the centre of your field of vision is "regular" is quite ... parochial, speaking geographically and historically. That's what I think [beany] means by //what some say is "regular"//. |
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2. Given that an interlocutor *is* at the centre of the visual field (notwithstanding 1, above), diluting the personal interaction would help nerds (or, at least, I think this is [beany]'s hypothesis). Such dilution might be achieved by widening the effective aperture through which the world is viewed, instead of narrowing it. |
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I don't necessarily agree with this, but I think it is what [beany] meant. |
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