Sensory Friendly Solutions for Businesses

Make customers and clients feel comfortable at your event or location. There are simple things your business or organization can do to include more people. A better customer experience means new and returning clients.

Small sensory-friendly changes have a large impact.

Find helpful podcast episodes and blog posts below.

Sensory Friendly Solutions Self-Assessment Quiz

How sensory-friendly is your event or location?

Take our simple, nine question, Sensory Friendly Solutions Self-Assessment Quiz to find out.

Get a report with changes you can make to create a sensory-friendly experience at your event or location.

Small sensory-friendly changes have a large impact.

Make people comfortable. Keep your customers and clients coming back for more.

Sensory Friendly Dentistry Audio Conference

Calling on dentists, orthodontists, periodontists and your teams! Learn why creating a sensory-friendly experience for your patients is a game-changer for your practice. Get a full range of steps you can start tomorrow and build on in the future.

Listen to audio conference sessions, for free, with leaders in dentistry and most importantly from parents. As their children grow up to become your patients. These changes are important for patients of any age.

55+ Travelers: Arriving & Thriving Audio Conference

Learn how tourism, arts and culture can deliver exceptional sensory-friendly experiences for the growing ’55 plus’ traveler market.

Listen to exclusive podcast conversations, for free, with leaders in tourism, tourist attractions, along with arts and cultural organizations who know how to make simple sensory-friendly changes that create exceptional experiences. You will also hear from travelers themselves and organizations who understand the needs of the 55+ market.

Resource: Sensory Friendly Tourism Checklist

More and more people are looking for sensory-friendly experiences in daily life, in their communities, and when they travel. There are simple things you can do to help your event or location become sensory-friendly and make more people comfortable.

Resource: Seniors with Hearing Loss Restaurant Guide

Did you know at least a third of the population over 65 years of age has hearing loss that is disabling? There are a few easy changes restaurants can make are key to ensuring seniors enjoy dining and become regulars.

Resource: Sensory Friendly Halloween Guide

Hallowe’en is a sensory-rich experience that can easily become overwhelming for many children. Learn about sensory-friendly trick or treating to make Halloween fun for all children.

Resource: Sensory Friendly Santa Claus Parade Guide

Did you know that adding a quiet zone to your Santa Claus Parade will help children and adults alike enjoy the experience? In a few easy steps you can make your parade sensory-friendly.

Resource: Sensitive Santa Events Guide

Creating a Santa Claus visiting event that helps all children enjoy Santa is easy with this guide. Making Santa, “Sensitive” and sensory-friendly ensure smiles and joy all-around.

Business-Related Blog Posts

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Disabled person or person with a disability?

Many people are confused and apprehensive about how to refer to different groups of people. That includes people with disabilities, as well as older adults,

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Choose a Sensory Friendly Santa Claus Parade for Your Child

Parades are a sensory-rich experience. As a result, parades are often a Christmas event that is not accessible to many families. Is that true for

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How to Offer a Sensitive Santa Event

Ever notice that some children struggle when visiting Santa? You might witness both tears and terror in children. If you are responsible for organizing a

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Host a Sensory Friendly Thanksgiving Event

For many people Thanksgiving is an exciting time of the year for family, friends, neighbours, congregations and communities to come together and celebrate. However, for

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How to Create a Sensory-Friendly Halloween Event

Halloween is a very exciting and fun time of the year. Families get together, children dress up, and many communities and businesses organize Halloween events

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What Is a Sensory-Friendly Environment?

Are you familiar with the term “sensory-friendly”. Oftentimes, this phrase is used to describe an experience or product. Did you there are also sensory-friendly environments?

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What Is a Sensory-Friendly Vaccination Clinic?

As more people receive vaccinations, like the COVID-19 vaccines, many people experience difficulty with the accessibility of vaccine clinics. Challenges include the confusion of booking

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How to Create a Sensory-Friendly Ambulance

If you’ve ever been in or near an ambulance, then you understand it can be a very stressful experience. Regardless of the medical emergency, the

Business-Related Podcast Episodes

Dr. Peggy Bown & Laura Caswell – Reimagining Sensory-Friendly Events and Locations

Dr. Peggy Bown, Dentist, Peggy Bown Dentistry and Laura Caswell, Director of Education, Neptune Theatre share how patient-first dentistry and relaxed theatre performances are more alike than different. Both seek to make people feel safe and protected by becoming sensory-friendly.