Autistic People Find Supermarkets A ‘Spiderweb’ Of Sensory Experiences

Bright lights, loud noises, strong smells and changing temperatures make supermarkets one of the most disabling sensory environments for autistic people, new research has found. The study, published in the journal Autism in Adulthood, is based on a series of focus groups involving autistic people to find out which public-facing spaces they found challenging to […]