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Tickets Are Available Now!

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 Social Media Posts and Focus Groups

In our focus groups we found six themes that appear to influence how easily accessible public spaces such as supermarkets are for people with sensory processing difficulties. You can read more about each theme and how we used these to create our ‘sensory web’ on our page about principles of sensory environments. We also foundContinue reading “Links between our Social Media Posts and Focus Groups”

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Our Event in 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 and is a unique facility that explores the way people engage with their environment. In the past they have housed all sorts of different environmentsContinue reading “Our Event in August 2022”

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Links between the Sensory Experiences of Autistic Children and Adults

Over 2021 we ran a series of focus groups to learn more about the sensory experiences of autistic people in public places such as supermarkets and more. Every autistic person is unique, and therefore factors which might make an environment easier for one person may not have the same effect on someone else.  However, fromContinue reading “Links between the Sensory Experiences of Autistic Children and Adults”

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We can’t wait to see how our designer translates your feedback and thoughts into our event exploring how we could make supermarkets a more enabling sensory environment for autistic people. Want to find out how she does it? Visit our website to find out more about our event on the 19-20th of August and get your free ticket now! Thank you to everyone who gave us their feedback about our upcoming event. We’ve tried to include as many of your comments and feedback as possible. Want to learn more about our event on the 19-20th of August? Visit our website to find out more and get your free ticket now! In every supermarket good branding is essential, which is why for our sensory supermarket we went to our favourite graphic designer @21andsensory for help. We think they look great, wouldn’t you agree? Want to see them at our event in just a few weeks? Visit our website to find out more and get your free ticket! This week we took a trip to the supermarket to explore the different sensory experiences that people discussed in our focus groups. We can’t wait to see what our designer Becky from @sensoryspectacle creates in a few weeks’ time in collaboration with the autistic community! Want to find out too? Visit our website to find out more and get your free ticket! In our focus groups autistic people told us about how the different textures of items can influence their enjoyment of public places, especially the texture of certain foods. Want to learn more at our upcoming event? Visit our website to find out more and get your free ticket! Autistic people told us that the sensory environment of a supermarket can be overwhelming and for some people it can affect how easy it is to be in that space. At our event the Sensory Supermarket we want to explore what businesses can do to make these places more enabling and accessible. Want to learn more? Visit our website and get your free ticket now! Want to learn more about our research project and what we can do to improve public spaces for autistic people? Listen to our researcher Keren on the episode ‘Diving into Neurodiversity’ from NeuroDives podcast! Our event aims to explore the different ways that businesses can support people with sensory processing differences in their spaces. Do you want to learn more about what you could do to make your space more accessible for autistic people? Visit our website to get your free ticket now! Our event in August aims to help business owners big or small to find tips and strategies to support autistic people in public spaces. Do you know any businesses who might be interested in learning more? Let us know in the comments!
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We’re Sensory Street, a Research Project by the Universities of Oxford and Reading exploring how public spaces can be disabling sensory environments for autistic people with sensory processing differences and how these places can become more inclusive.

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