Autism Quiet Hours Monday 4pm to 6pm at INTU Milton Keynes

Autism Quiet Hours

We are launching our autism quiet hours every Monday here at INTU Milton Keynes Shopping Centre.

In support of The National Autistic Society’s Autism Hour we host regular quiet hours on Monday from 4pm - 6pm, all year round.

Our shops take simple steps to create a more autism-friendly experience, such as turning down music and dimming bright lights.

Date and time: every Monday from 7th October from 4pm - 6pm

If you or anyone you shop with is autistic, then you can find out more about our Autism Guide here or there is a more visual guide here to help plan for your visit to our centre!

You can also grab yourselves a wrist bands from customer info desk, and when you wear these it helps our staff know that you may need a little bit of extra help.
You can also hire ear defenders, that  help block out any excessive noise, at the cost of £5 refundable deposit available from the customer services desk.

We teamed up with two charities, Puzzle Centre and Macintyre in centre to launch our autism quiet hours. You can find out more about these charities below.

Puzzle Centre

Puzzle Centre is a charity promoting and delivering early intervention for young children with autism or communication difficulties. They provide training and outreach to families and practitioners throughout the UK.

They believe that every child with autism or other communication difficulties should have access to prompt, appropriate and high quality education, therapy and support.

Their mission is to provide high quality education and therapy for young children with autism or other communication difficulties; to ensure that families receive expert advice and support and to lead the development of best practice early intervention.

MacIntyre

They provide learning, support and care for more than 1,200 children, young people and adults who have a learning disability and/or autism, at more than 150 locations across England and Wales. Their diverse range of services includes registered care homes, supported living, outreach, accredited training schemes and lifelong learning services, as well as a residential special school and further education provision.