seconding all the above, it's not asd only, and it's not appropriation! from my rudimentary understanding, "sensory issues" can go broadly in 2 buckets: 1. sensory processing, where your brain struggles to interpret sensory inputs and produce appropriate responses. it's often associated with asd but can be a symptom of many other things. it can potentially be treated with sensory integration therapies.

2. sensory hypersensitivity is where your nervous system is overreactive and normal stimuli become painful. migraines with light and sound being the most known example. with this you have to treat whatever is causing the cns overreaction, like ending the migraine or managing the fibro.

either kind can be very painful, or just make you uncomfortable, depending on the intensity. and i think sometimes its impossible to say is it column a or column b, or a mix of both? and doing exercises to sooth and rebalance the nervous system may in fact help reduce the pain from the hypersensitive kind? I don't know, I assume it's not well studied. but working on recalibrating your nervous system sounds like it's a great idea for you!

and I agree the smoke is a natural disaster in itself, and people are just not thinking of it that way. im sorry trying to keep it out of your house is such a struggle :(((((