Suffolk: Stowmarket Tesco first in UK to try autism training plan - East Anglian Daily Times

The grooming took spot at the Stowmarket Tesco and provided unit with experiences and accrued cognition connected what day-to-day beingness is similar for those connected the autistic spectrum.

Stowmarket Tesco is 1 of the archetypal successful the UK to effort this Supermarket mentation of the Autism Reality Experience grooming programme, provided by Training2Care.

Staff members taking portion successful the grooming (Image: Autism Reality Experience)

Staff participated successful the training, with each subordinate fixed an interactive learning acquisition wrong a mobile simulator, utilizing headphones, sensory lighting, peculiar interaction glasses, smells and situation to recreate what a time whitethorn look similar successful a supermarket for those with autism.

Andrew Doherty, the store manager said: "The grooming was a existent eye-opener connected however a travel to the supermarket could look to idiosyncratic with autism.

"The acquisition was truly good, with galore learnings of however a elemental buying travel tin go a existent situation for idiosyncratic with the condition."

Staff astatine Stowmarket Tesco took portion successful the Autism grooming time (Image: Autism Reality Experience)

As good arsenic the training, the Stowmarket store has 'quiet mornings' connected Wednesdays and Saturdays betwixt 9am and 10am, wherever they dim the lights and trim the euphony volume.