why does a noisy classroom affect people with autism more than people without

Question: why does a noisy classroom affect people with autism more than people without
- Keywords:
  autism,
  noise
Asked by anon-188676 to Paul on 15 Nov 2018.
- Paul Matusz answered on 15 Nov 2018:
  
  Hey,
  
  Great question. It is because autistic people often detect sounds of much lower volume than regular people, and their whole volume scaled is moved “down” – so when a regular person hears a medium – volume sound, to an autistic person it is already quite loud.

Question: why does a noisy classroom affect people with autism more than people without