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Autistic individuals exhibit specific positive and negative auditory experiences related to their atypical auditory perception, resulting in decreased or heightened reactivity to everyday sounds. Although negative auditory experiences substantially hinder their daily life, the sounds involved remain poorly characterized with respect to context-dependent factors (e.g., situation) and context-independent parameters (e.g., acoustic). To address this gap, a two-step methodology is proposed: (i) identifying the most reported sound items through a systematic literature review and (ii) categorizing the sound items through thematic analysis. A resulting structured categorization of sound items related to positive and negative auditory experiences is proposed. This categorization can guide the selection of ecologically relevant sounds in future research. The next research step involves validating the categorization with autism stakeholders.