If you cannot offer this, you can still be autism-friendly.They may have sensory toys and specially trained staff available. These are quiet spaces usually with low lighting and comfortable seats. Some businesses are able to provide sensory rooms.You could then take visitors on a journey of what they might be expected to see, hear, smell and taste if they were to visit.You could begin with a description of what the venue and what services are included within it. A sensory story would take a visitor on a journey through your venue using the senses.If appropriate, offer alternative routes, ‘quiet trails’, through a venue.You could highlight areas that could be busy or noisier that they may wish to avoid, for example, a museum gallery with loud exhibits or the area of a shop selling strongly scented products.If there are multiple areas to your building, a map could help autistic visitors to navigate their way around.Are there ways that you can adapt the temperatures across your buildings?.How do you monitor the temperatures within your buildings?.Is there a system by which you can support people to avoid queues? If tickets can be booked online make sure you publicise this.Could you allow customers into your venue outside of these times, opening earlier or later for those who need it? If you have a busy waiting area (for example, in a medical clinic), could someone wait outside or in their car and be called when it is their turn?. ![]()
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