Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author
@sensorystories.bsky.social
Advocating through science based education, validation, and empathy
Nicolefilipponeauthor.com/my-links
Nicolefilipponeauthor.com/my-links
It sure does!!
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
It sure does!!
Wondering if there would be interest in me talking about it here or if I should save it for a longer form platform or book (that will take me some time to finish).
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Wondering if there would be interest in me talking about it here or if I should save it for a longer form platform or book (that will take me some time to finish).
In other words, what does the human experience look like when you're not even at the lowest tier of his pyramid yet.
I've built out an entire framework (more like an ecosystem) that accounts for this.
I've built out an entire framework (more like an ecosystem) that accounts for this.
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
In other words, what does the human experience look like when you're not even at the lowest tier of his pyramid yet.
I've built out an entire framework (more like an ecosystem) that accounts for this.
I've built out an entire framework (more like an ecosystem) that accounts for this.
Your appreciation means a lot. I'm grateful to have you here 🤗
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Your appreciation means a lot. I'm grateful to have you here 🤗
I'm so glad you feel that way and am truly grateful to have you share this space with me 🥰
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm so glad you feel that way and am truly grateful to have you share this space with me 🥰
I am grateful for your kindness when engaging with others here.
I am grateful that you are here.
Thank you for making this community one amazing human better.
I appreciate you. 🥰
I am grateful that you are here.
Thank you for making this community one amazing human better.
I appreciate you. 🥰
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am grateful for your kindness when engaging with others here.
I am grateful that you are here.
Thank you for making this community one amazing human better.
I appreciate you. 🥰
I am grateful that you are here.
Thank you for making this community one amazing human better.
I appreciate you. 🥰
It can be a lot for us. And we unfortunately can't control most of these things. Please be patient with us. We're doing our best. ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It can be a lot for us. And we unfortunately can't control most of these things. Please be patient with us. We're doing our best. ❤️
- There are also usually more people. A lot more people. Immediate family, extended family, kids, babies, friends, neighbors... and there's often added chaos because of that.
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
- There are also usually more people. A lot more people. Immediate family, extended family, kids, babies, friends, neighbors... and there's often added chaos because of that.
- Cultural/traditional and social expectations are put on us that conflict with our needs (sensory and all sorts of other needs)
- Very little is predictable, so we get intense anticipatory anxiety about most holiday-related activities
- Very little is predictable, so we get intense anticipatory anxiety about most holiday-related activities
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
- Cultural/traditional and social expectations are put on us that conflict with our needs (sensory and all sorts of other needs)
- Very little is predictable, so we get intense anticipatory anxiety about most holiday-related activities
- Very little is predictable, so we get intense anticipatory anxiety about most holiday-related activities
- Our routines are completely disrupted and all sorts of needs that were being met from said routines are suddenly not being met (and we have to figure out how to fix that, urgently, and usually without help)
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
- Our routines are completely disrupted and all sorts of needs that were being met from said routines are suddenly not being met (and we have to figure out how to fix that, urgently, and usually without help)
- Everything is brighter and louder... there's more visual noise (bright colors, lights, decorations, etc), more sounds, more smells, more textures... basically, all sorts of things that cause sensory overstimulation.
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
- Everything is brighter and louder... there's more visual noise (bright colors, lights, decorations, etc), more sounds, more smells, more textures... basically, all sorts of things that cause sensory overstimulation.
❤️❤️❤️
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
❤️❤️❤️
P.p.s. I'm an autistic philosopher of human difference. If you like this type of content, you should stick around. I talk a lot about this kind of thing. 😊
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
P.p.s. I'm an autistic philosopher of human difference. If you like this type of content, you should stick around. I talk a lot about this kind of thing. 😊
P.s. This is a philosophical conversation. I'm sharing my opinions from the perspective of philosophy, human existence, and the autistic (level 1) lived experience.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
P.s. This is a philosophical conversation. I'm sharing my opinions from the perspective of philosophy, human existence, and the autistic (level 1) lived experience.
We need to stop talking about these behaviors as pathological, and start talking about them in ways that describe what they actually are... an indication that a need is either going unmet, or is at risk of becoming unmet.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
We need to stop talking about these behaviors as pathological, and start talking about them in ways that describe what they actually are... an indication that a need is either going unmet, or is at risk of becoming unmet.
If a nonautistic person experienced the same intensity as an autistic person does when their needs aren't met, they would likely have the exact same, or very similar reaction as autistic people.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
If a nonautistic person experienced the same intensity as an autistic person does when their needs aren't met, they would likely have the exact same, or very similar reaction as autistic people.
This is logical behavior... because it's a logical response to an unmet need.
And as I keep saying over and over again, autistic needs are human needs.
What's different is how quickly, frequently, and intensely our brains react to our needs not being met.
And as I keep saying over and over again, autistic needs are human needs.
What's different is how quickly, frequently, and intensely our brains react to our needs not being met.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This is logical behavior... because it's a logical response to an unmet need.
And as I keep saying over and over again, autistic needs are human needs.
What's different is how quickly, frequently, and intensely our brains react to our needs not being met.
And as I keep saying over and over again, autistic needs are human needs.
What's different is how quickly, frequently, and intensely our brains react to our needs not being met.
And if everyone else knew what the autistic brain did, there would be no confusion regarding the reaction.
It would be perfectly clear and understandable.
This is not pathological behavior.
It would be perfectly clear and understandable.
This is not pathological behavior.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
And if everyone else knew what the autistic brain did, there would be no confusion regarding the reaction.
It would be perfectly clear and understandable.
This is not pathological behavior.
It would be perfectly clear and understandable.
This is not pathological behavior.
If an autistic person is having either response, rigidity or "demand avoidance"... it's not because they "can't help it." It's because their brain knows something everyone else doesn't.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
If an autistic person is having either response, rigidity or "demand avoidance"... it's not because they "can't help it." It's because their brain knows something everyone else doesn't.