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neon-moon-beam · 8 months

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The irony of stores selling "stim toys" or "sensory toys" and then blasting pop music really loudly and having bright, fluorescent lights, or even flashing lights...Really seems they think "stim/sensory" means "'satisfying' to watch on the video app du jour" and not what it actually means.

#source: my roommate is autistic and I'm neurodivergent but not autistic...#...and there are a few stores where even if she has her noise-cancelling headphones and even sunglasses...#...the store is too loud and too bright despite their line of 'sensory friendly toys'...#...and I often reach a point with the blasting music and get overwhelmed...it's just too much #So it really feels like they have no idea who actually benefits from stim/sensory items and why #It's just another fad to retailers they can market of off...#Not sorry that when I go to shop I need to not have the latest pop music blaring down at me so I can form a thought...#...instead of leaving the store feeling drained and dazed

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