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Autism (not so) friendly

Expecto_Patronum

Has anyone noticed the rise in so called autism friendly services of late. People seem to be able to label their business (or whatever it is) autism friendly without having to do anything to prove it or become certified. In my small experiences of these people they are never as autism friendly as they think they are. A recent experience (don't want to go into detail just on the small chance the person could see this post) in which somebody had declared their business to be autism friendly and aware of sensory needs turned out that they had zero idea about sensory needs and in fact actually caused me sensory issues. I find this frustrating and a little concerning. I think this person genuinely believes that they are autism friendly and that their service will make a difference. I don't think businesses should be allowed to label themselves as autism friendly unless they have been certified to show that they actually are. I just get frustrated with situations like this as it feels like autistic life is always 1 step forward, 2 steps back.

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  • Our local tesco has what it calls it's quiet time, where lights will be dimmed, radio's and other noise making stuff turned off, only its between 8 and 10am, I asked the manager about it and he couldn't believe I was questioning it, even though he agreed that they wouldn't have had any delieveries yet and people would have to come back for things they were waiting for, which would be a lot of fresh fruit and veg and frozen stuff.

    I don't think these people think, I'm not sure they know how to think, they seem to think we should be grateful for whatever crumbs fall off the NT plate and not complain.

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  • Our local tesco has what it calls it's quiet time, where lights will be dimmed, radio's and other noise making stuff turned off, only its between 8 and 10am, I asked the manager about it and he couldn't believe I was questioning it, even though he agreed that they wouldn't have had any delieveries yet and people would have to come back for things they were waiting for, which would be a lot of fresh fruit and veg and frozen stuff.

    I don't think these people think, I'm not sure they know how to think, they seem to think we should be grateful for whatever crumbs fall off the NT plate and not complain.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I can see the difficulties for a bigger business like a supermarket but I agree the quiet times that have started have not been the success that was hoped. I'm not 100% sure what the solution to that is. I don't really see why things like lights can't be dimmed all the time and music could at least be on the quiet side but obviously supermarkets get busy, there's not much getting round that. I believe they put it early because it would be difficult to tell people they have to leave for quiet hour. But if they haven't had deliveries then that's completely ridiculous. The big problem is neurotypical people make these decisions and don't actually ask neurodiverse people what would be helpful.

    My issue in the instance I refer to was that this person is marketing themselves as being autism friendly, it's literally their selling point and they just aren't.