| Smell |
| Overreactive |
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Avoider |
| Difficulty tolerating certain smells. |
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Excessive reactions to some smells, may even get headaches or vomit. |
| Often notice smells others don't. |
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Very swayed by scents, may avoid people or places based on smell. |
| Reacts negatively to, or dislikes smells which do not usually bother, or get noticed, by other people. |
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Decides whether he/she likes someone or some place by the way it smells. |
| Becomes nauseated or gags from certain cooking, cleaning, perfume, public restroom, or bodily odors. |
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Tells other people (or talks about) how bad or funny they smell. |
| Bothered by household or cooking smells. |
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May refuse to play at someone's house because of the way it smells. |
| Bothered/irritated by smell of perfume or cologne. |
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Refuses to eat certain foods because of their smell. |
| Offended and/or nauseated by bathroom odors or personal hygiene smells. |
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| Smell |
| Underreactive |
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Seeking |
| May fail to recognize a smell that most would find alerting or strong. |
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Identifies objects by smell, has to smell everything. |
| Difficulty being able to smell dangerous smells (smoke, noxious/hazardous solvents, or something burning in the oven). |
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Uses smell to determine whether or not to like something or someone. |
| Fails to notice or ignores unpleasant odors. |
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Makes excessive use of smelling when introduced to objects, people, or places. |
| Has difficulty discriminating unpleasant odors. |
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Uses smell to interact with objects. |
| Unable to identify smells from scratch 'n sniff stickers. |
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Prefers foods with very strong tastes and flavors. |
| Does not notice odors that others usually complain about. |
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| Unable to identify foods that have gone bad by smell. |
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| May drink or eat things that are poisonous because they do not notice the noxious smell. |
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