UK supermarket launches a quiet hour

[Camfer]

One of the very cool consequences of making towns and cities more accessible to differently-abled people is that it actually makes the world more convenient and fun everyone. It turns out just to be good design.

Example: I don't need curb cuts and wheelchair ramps because at this point in my life I can walk just fine and navigate curbs and stairs. But I've used these features when moving heavy items on a cart. I've used these features right after a hernia surgery, when stairs were painful.

Abilities can come and go. You never know what is going to happen. Thinking we don't need to to make built environments accessible to as many as possible is short sighted about even your own aging process.

I am not autistic, but I love silence. I'd be very appreciative of the opportunity to shop in a quiet store. It might be true that the store did this to accommodate others, but I am not alone in being one to enjoy it.