(autism) losing awareness of parts of their body

Donna Williams:

I know of adults and teens with autism who have spoken or written about losing awareness of parts of their body... they've felt they are floating without awareness of volitionally using their legs, or felt they are just a head and the body is working 'without them'...


Donna je zena koja ima autizam i jedna je od aktivnijih glasnogovornica koja pokusava svijetu prezentirati kako autizam izgleda. ovo je njen danasnji post na Facebook

ja nisam imala pojma da ljudi sa autizmom imaju periode kad nisu svjesni postojanja vlastitih ekstremiteta

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- I sometimes feel dissociated from my body as a whole, like a ghost.

- I lose my arms, soemtimes they make me jump when i 'find' them again. Sometimes i see 'something' and its 'too close' and I move away instinctively, then I reallise its just my arm. i lose my legs too. I can be walking along and I can only feel my body from my head to my waist, it feels like I am hitching a lift and being carried by the lower part but I am not aware of the parts as 'legs'. My right hand and my left hand do not recognise each other either, if one touches the other its the same as touching another persons hands.

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- I sometimes feel dissociated from my body as a whole, like a ghost.

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yep, I know that feeling, like your not really there at all, or floating outside but I think this thread is just for missing body parts ;) i lose my feet sometimes and then I have to go on all fours to get up and down the stairs because i've lost them so much i dont know if i can get up the stairs or not

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ja nisam imala pojma da ljudi sa autizmom imaju periode kad nisu svjesni postojanja vlastitih ekstremiteta

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Ništa neobično, ako znamo da veliki postotak osoba s autizmom ima teškoće senzorne integracije. Ovo je samo primjer proprioceptivne hiposenzibilnosti.