Thanks for sharing meow! Sally, DS' OT had a good perspective on sensory things, that most people have sensory issues to some degree, and the threshold at which it starts to bother them fluctuates depending on stress, it's just that spectrum people experience a much lower threshold. I can identify with this, I have tactile and auditory sensitivities, and I actually think that they are getting worse as I get older, but I am more aware of them and better able to manage them.