We’re excited to announce that free tickets for our immersive event (Sensory Supermarket) are available on Eventbrite now! We look forward to seeing you in Dagenham from the 19th-20th of August. There are just 10 slots currently available for each session, so book now to avoid disappointment. On the 19th-20th of August we are takingContinue reading “Tickets Are Available Now!”
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Links between our research and our social media findings
We wanted to learn whether our research findings were also found in the answers to the eleven questions we asked on social media. “Bookshops are wonderful (except the ones with cafes in them, those aren’t really bookshops) Bookshops are usually quiet, dimly lit, have soft furnishings so don’t echo much, and don’t have many strongContinue reading “Links between our research and our social media findings”
Our Event in August 2022
Update 01/09/2022 – This event has now ended. To learn more about the event, please visit our page on the The Sensory Supermarket (August 2022). We are excited to announce that we will be hosting our Sensory Street immersive event at PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory) in Dagenham. It is UCL’s first net zero carbon building andContinue reading “Our Event in August 2022”
Pilot work: Autistic Children Sensory Experiences in Public Places
Learning about the views of autistic children As well as learning about how the sensory aspects of public places can affect autistic adults, we were also interested in finding out more about their impact on autistic children. We were lucky to link with the Queensmill Trust who support a range of children across greater LondonContinue reading “Pilot work: Autistic Children Sensory Experiences in Public Places”
Our Findings
We are excited to celebrate the launch of a new ‘Research‘ section on our website. In this area we will be sharing information that we have learnt from working with autistic people over the past year in an accessible and easy to read format. We are looking forward to sharing quotes with you from ourContinue reading “Our Findings”
Links between Sensory Processing and Movement Difficulties (Praxis)
Sensory processing difficulties occur when a person finds it difficult to process and interpret sensory information (e.g. touch, taste or smell). It Sensory processing difficulties occur when a person finds it difficult to process and interpret sensory information (learn more about the eight different senses here). It may affect one sense or several of these.Continue reading “Links between Sensory Processing and Movement Difficulties (Praxis)”
Autistica’s 2030 Goals
Autistica is one of the UK’s leading autism research-based charities. Based on priorities identified by autistic people they have identified six goals they want to achieve by 2030. Their goals aim to increase the quality of life for autistic people, enabling them to live healthier, happier and longer lives. Autistica aims to achieve these byContinue reading “Autistica’s 2030 Goals”
The Sensory Web
Thank you to those who attended our feedback group in September! It was really helpful to learn what you thought about our results, and your valuable insights have helped us to shape our findings and how we will present them. We are pleased to report that we have finished analysing our focus group data andContinue reading “The Sensory Web”
Focus Groups – Round 2
We have had a very productive couple of months since our last update. Following our first found of focus groups, we have been busy analysing the responses using an approach called content analysis. We used this approach to identify which public places people from the focus groups commonly identified as particularly challenging. There were severalContinue reading “Focus Groups – Round 2”
Focus Groups – Round 1
So what have we been up to recently at Sensory Street? Well it has been a busy few weeks as the first of our ethics applications was approved and it was time to start collecting some data! This month we ran our first set of focus groups exploring the lives of autistic people in publicContinue reading “Focus Groups – Round 1”
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