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Mark: You always carry headphones with you whenever you pay a visit to my homeplace.

Paul: Yeah music helps mitigate the sensory overload caused by unexpected and unpleasant noise from crowds, motorbikes, and car horns plus other aspects of the busy street I pass through.

Mark: I understand this has to do with your autism but isn’t loud music a noise by itself?

Paul: Surprisingly loud music isn’t overwhelming for me. I actually enjoy the ‘noise of music’.

Mark: I get it friend; I’ll always have your back!

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