The sensory world affects us all but can have a more significant and often negative impact on autistic individuals. We are working on making our inpatient ward environments as sensory friendly as possible by…
- Conducting sensory walkarounds by people with lived experience and our sensory integration trained Autism Liaison Practitioner
- Supporting and involving all who use the environments to review and identify areas for improvement
- Conducting staff training to increase understanding of the sensory environment, sensory integration and self-regulation
- Supporting autistic individuals to make reasonable adjustments to help them to cope with the inpatient environment
- Utilising existing resources such as the sensory friendly ward principles
10 Sensory Principles
To help everyone have a better experience here
- Create a predictable environment
- Involve autistic people with relevant expertise in reviewing the sensory environment
- Ensure all staff have training from autistic experts
- Assess everyone's sensory need on admissions
- personalise risk management and decision making
- Swap alarms for 'silent' alarms
- Reduce noise and echo
- Change all fluorescent lighting for alternatives
- Consider the impact of smells
- Consider the impact of touch and texture