During the Summer of 2023 back-to-school season, Walmart piloted sensory-friendly store hours, each Saturday from 8am-10am. During these hours, Walmart stores turned down the lights where possible, put a static image on the TV walls, and turned off the radio. Walmart received overwhelmingly positive responses.
As a result, Walmart has now designated 8am-10am every day to be sensory-friendly hours in all US and Puerto Rico stores, as of November 10th, 2023, with no planned end date. Walmart says the ideas came from customer feedback on how to make the stores feel like “they belonged.” The sensory disabled can include people on the autism spectrum, as well as others.
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