by Dan Bryans
Essex’s shops and businesses are being urged to sign up to the National Autistic Society’s first UK wide ‘Autism Hour’ which is being launched at intu Lakeside in the autumn.
Intu Lakeside is one of 14 intu shopping centres up and down the country working with the charity to launch the week-long event, with each of its retailers, restaurants and leisure operators being asked to reduce their lights, music and other background noise for an hour.
The centre will be running an autism hour on 2nd October from 10am – 11am, which will be supported by a celebration of the National Autistic Society Thurrock 2nd Birthday until 1pm in The Central Atrium.
This is the first attempt, as part of the National Autistic Society’s Too Much Information campaign, to create a national event, where shops and services help to reduce the overload that autistic people can experience in public.
