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Sensory Overload is based on the research that Leo Kanner undertook into autistic spectrum disorder in the early 1940s and the list of 10 traits that are diagnosed. From this, I attempt to emphasise both the connections and the disparities between the outdated definitions of the condition, how they affect me, and how I see the world as a high-functioning autist. I demonstrate the latter point in the method which I see fit the most, basing the whole body of work from my own prints which contain sentimental value, combined with other materials and then scanned.

1; an inability to develop relationships

2; delay in the acquisition of language

3; non-communicative use of spoken language after it develops

4; delayed echolalia

5; pronominal reversal

6; repetitive and stereotyped play

7; maintenance of sameness

8; good rote memory

9; normal physical appearance

10; extreme aloneness