It's funny to me how some of the things they list just as examples fit Kate exactly. Living in a apartment complex, there is a rather larger mower used by the groundskeeper which can be heard from a long way off. As soon as she hears it Katie insists on closing all the windows and turning up the TV to cover up the sound. It's not just that it's loud though, she's actually afraid of it and refuses to go outside while it's running.
Last summer the complex had all the apartment balconies replaced, creating very close construction noises. She was terrified by their footsteps on the roof, but the couple days they were actually working on our own deck we had to leave the house. She was in perpetual fight-or-flight mode from the moment they arrived 'til they went home for the night. Even seeing what they were doing that made all the noise didn't help any, she just couldn't cope. Simple little things you never even think of with typical children.
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