Autism Friendly Fanstore Visits

[urban.spaceman]

 

[Mehrez]

Christ, I blame Sean

 

[AjcW]

Excellent initiative. Club have been working with a very good diversity and inclusion specialist recently so expect to see a lot more of this sort of thing. 

[Fox92]

25 minutes ago, Mehrez said:

Christ, I blame Sean

 

i know that may not be one but we seem to have so many of these strange football fan accounts.

 

[UniFox21]

12 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Excellent initiative. Club have been working with a very good diversity and inclusion specialist recently so expect to see a lot more of this sort of thing. 

Do like to see clubs, in particular LCFC, who bring in initiatives like this to include those with disabilities.  A lot of them aren't particularly taxing or costly and will make a huge difference to those with autism in this case. 

 

Littke things like this does show that they care 

[Guest Markyblue]

Think this a genuinely excellent idea. For any young foxes with autism, it will hopefully enhance the visit to the store.  

[StanSP]

Brilliant stuff.

I'd noticed Morrisons had done this in the past 1-2 years and made their stores more suitable and applicable for autistic people.

 

Great that we've jumped on too and made necessary amendments. More stores/organisations should try and implement it.

[shade]

39 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Excellent initiative. Club have been working with a very good diversity and inclusion specialist recently so expect to see a lot more of this sort of thing. 

diversity and inclusion specialist is now a thing, heady days indeed!

[UpTheLeagueFox]

Excellent from the club, well done

[MPH]

As the father of  an Autistic boy, this just make me love the club even more ( if at all possible!)

[jonthefox]

10 hours ago, MPH said:

As the father of  an Autistic boy, this just make me love the club even more ( if at all possible!)

I too have an autistic son and applaud any efforts made. Well done LCFC .

[SemperEadem]

Good move this.

Hopefully they build on this and follow Sunderlands lead and scrap a box to have as an autism friendly space for families to use during the games.

[Buce]

12 hours ago, StanSP said:

Brilliant stuff.

I'd noticed Morrisons had done this in the past 1-2 years and made their stores more suitable and applicable for autistic people.

 

Great that we've jumped on too and made necessary amendments. More stores/organisations should try and implement it.

 

In what way?

[UniFox21]

52 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

In what way?

Believe they turn music/radio off for a few hours.

[Xen]

52 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

In what way?

From what I remember, they have a quiet hour each week where they essentially turn down all unnecessary noises - no music, minimal tannoys, quieter checkout beeps. Even dim the lights as well.

 

Not sure if they do any more than that, but that alone makes a huge difference.

[Buce]

11 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Believe they turn music/radio off for a few hours.

 

11 minutes ago, Xen said:

From what I remember, they have a quiet hour each week where they essentially turn down all unnecessary noises - no music, minimal tannoys, quieter checkout beeps. Even dim the lights as well.

 

Not sure if they do any more than that, but that alone makes a huge difference.

 

That's a welcome step in the right direction, but it does beg the question why it can't be the default position - music, excessive tannoy announcements and noisy checkouts don't enhance the shopping experience, even for neurotypical shoppers.

[UniFox21]

2 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

 

That's a welcome step in the right direction, but it does beg the question why it can't be the default position - music, excessive tannoy announcements and noisy checkouts don't enhance the shopping experience, even for neurotypical shoppers.

It's all about the "atmosphere" of the shop. The music is meant to enhance and subliminally impact you as you shop. Adverts are then popped in which reminds people to pick-up certain things.

 

Tannoy announcements are just needed for organising members of staff, unless they invest in like a walkie talkie system. But tannoy is effective as it's easy to use to grab peoples attention when they're needed. God knows in terms on tills, beep just stops you looking at the till when scanning.

 

I worked at a co-op for like 3 years so I understand why a lot of these things are used.  

[MPH]

2 hours ago, Buce said:

 

 

That's a welcome step in the right direction, but it does beg the question why it can't be the default position - music, excessive tannoy announcements and noisy checkouts don't enhance the shopping experience, even for neurotypical shoppers.

 

2 hours ago, UniFox21 said:

It's all about the "atmosphere" of the shop. The music is meant to enhance and subliminally impact you as you shop. Adverts are then popped in which reminds people to pick-up certain things.

 

Tannoy announcements are just needed for organising members of staff, unless they invest in like a walkie talkie system. But tannoy is effective as it's easy to use to grab peoples attention when they're needed. God knows in terms on tills, beep just stops you looking at the till when scanning.

 

I worked at a co-op for like 3 years so I understand why a lot of these things are used.  

plus the general workings of a shop creates noise, really. 

 

for my son , well say there’s 15 people in a room with you and you’re chatting to one of them they are all chatting to each other... well for us you can zone in to that one person and just focus on that one person. Well my Son can’t do that, he would hear every single voice at same  time and sane volume lvl ( loud) and cant zone out any of them. When we try to go anywhere, he hears every single noise and they all sound loud to him. so any noise or sensory processing  reduction is a huge help.

[lcfclcfc1]

Great idea but if between 10am-11am will leave children out of visiting as surely most of the time schools will be open? Perhaps an after school period or early evening time would be a better choice 

[UniFox21]

2 minutes ago, lcfclcfc1 said:

Great idea but if between 10am-11am will leave children out of visiting as surely most of the time schools will be open? Perhaps an after school period or early evening time would be a better choice 

Guess this way they can trial its success with adults who suffer, it's also school holidays, so children can be there initially. 

Assume with more success they may increase its frequency 

[foxy boxing]

I know people with autism who support Leicester City, they don't go to the games because of the crowds and the noise so this is great for them to go to the fan store.

[norwichfox]

1 hour ago, MPH said:

 

plus the general workings of a shop creates noise, really. 

 

for my son , well say there’s 15 people in a room with you and you’re chatting to one of them they are all chatting to each other... well for us you can zone in to that one person and just focus on that one person. Well my Son can’t do that, he would hear every single voice at same  time and sane volume lvl ( loud) and cant zone out any of them. When we try to go anywhere, he hears every single noise and they all sound loud to him. so any noise or sensory processing  reduction is a huge help.

Thanks for you explanation, I was totally ignorant of these factors which must be a nightmare for those with Autism, it's so easy to close ones mind to such issues and just accept what is portrayed on the TV in  a Detective episode or similar.

[MPH]

36 minutes ago, norwichfox said:

Thanks for you explanation, I was totally ignorant of these factors which must be a nightmare for those with Autism, it's so easy to close ones mind to such issues and just accept what is portrayed on the TV in  a Detective episode or similar.

 

 

it’s really quite hard to know these things unless you’re told them because, as you say, tv shows often focus on the behavior/ social aspect of Autism and the often highly intelligent way of thinking.

 

But the whole sensory processing side of things is often why you will see a severely autistic person withdraw to the corner of a room.. or why a high functioning autistic person might not want to go to staff meals/ socials, ect  even in a quiet restaurant the clinking of cutlery on a plate can sound loud and times that by 10/15 people can be intolerable for some.. add to that all the very ‘loud voices’ and you can see why it might be so stressful to send someone into full on meltdown

 

 

 

everyones not the same of course and  there’ll be some who can deal with the whole sensory procession side of things better than others..

[jammie82uk]

I’m all for this and glad the club are taking a move in this direction but is one hour one day a month really sufficient 

[UniFox21]

9 minutes ago, jammie82uk said:

I’m all for this and glad the club are taking a move in this direction but is one hour one day a month really sufficient 

I assume it's to sound out popularity and success of the idea before fully rolling it out.