Autistic Individuals Shopping Experiences

This survey seeks to improve our understanding of the barriers experienced by Autistic individuals when food shopping.

The survey also aims to identify practices that are benefiting Autistic individuals.

We will liaise with supermarkets on the survey findings along with information from forums and workshops to demonstrate ways in which they can better meet the needs of their Autistic customers.

This survey is being managed by Perth Autism Support and has been produced with the help of The Usual Place, Triple A's, Swan, Into Work, Autism Atlas, Project Ability, Auticon and Enable.

Funded by The Scottish Government Strategy for Autism, Understanding Autism Fund, administered by Inspiring Scotland.

for further information please contact gordon@perthautismsupport.org.uk

This survey will take between 3 and 5 minutes.

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* 1. Age

Under 16

16-18

19-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

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* 2. What is your gender?

Female

Male

Other

Prefer not to say

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* 3. Are you

Parent/Carer of an Autistic child/young person (aged under 18 )

Parent/Carer of an Autistic Adult (aged 18 or over)

Autistic Adult

Both an Autistic adult and parent/carer of an Autistic individual

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* 4. Please indicate the Local Authority Area you live in

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* 5. Where do you most often shop?

Asda

Tesco

Morrisons

Sainsbury

Aldi

Lidl

Co-op

Online

Other

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* 6. Why do you choose this particular shop? (please indicate all areas that help you make this choice)

Location

Size

Familiarity

Particular brand

Matching sensory needs

Please use the box below to add anything you feel may be useful relating to your answers

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* 7. Do you shop online for food? (home delivery/click and collect)

Yes

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* 8. Some people have someone who helps them when they go shopping. Others shop independently .
Do you shop independently?

Yes

Sometimes

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* 9. If you are a non-autistic parent or carer do you normally shop with the autistic child or adult you care for?

Yes

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* 10. On average how often do you shop for food?

Every day

More than once a week

Once a week

Every two weeks

Someone does my shopping for me

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* 11. Please highlight the areas that can make shopping more challenging
Please tick all that apply

Smells

Noise (music, in store announcements, movement of cages)

Noise (general public)

Lights (too bright) either for you or the autistic individual you are shopping with

Temperature

Selfscan

None of the Above

please indicate below anything else you may have found challenging.

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* 12. Do you currently use the Autism Friendly Shopping Hour ?

If yes, why do you choose to shop during these hours? (please use box at the bottom)

If no, why do you not use the Autism friendly hours? (please use box at the bottom)

I am unable to shop at that time due to other commitments

I could shop at that time, but it is not convenient

I do not identify myself and/ or the child/ adult I care for as autistic

The autism friendly hour is not helpful to me.

Other

Do you have any other comments to make regarding Autism friendly hours.

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* 13. We may wish to contact you following completion of this survey to gain more details about your experiences with shopping, to provide us with case studies or similar information. It is not a requirement to provide us with your email address. Should you provide this information, your email address will not be connected to your answers within the survey, your email address will be held within Perth Autism Support data storage and will only be used to contact you regarding this survey . Your email address will be deleted from data storage when the project is completed in Spring 2021, or before should we have no further need to contact you .

Autistic Individuals Shopping Experiences