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The biggest sensation that I have ever seen

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Previously, I wrote about how I think having limited hearing and vision has limited my awareness in ways superficially similar to some autism symptoms, mainly the ones around tending towards highly focused activities. I’ve since had some experience enhancing my sensory channels - this post is about vision.

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This entry was posted in Psychology, Skills and tagged Asperger's, Asperger's-like, Asperger's-like symptoms, autism, autism-like, autism-like symptoms, awareness, contact lenses, data, direct experience, dream, experience, eyes, far away, fashion, glasses, goggle, goggles, mediated experience, perception, perceptions, sensation, sensations, sensory channels, social skills, touch, unmediated experience, vision on October 26, 2015 by Benquo.

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