A MUM has praised Tesco for sending her a sunflower lanyard for her autistic son to wear when they are shopping.
Nikki Pearson shared a snap of her son Harvey’s floral cord on Facebook to raise awareness of the project which aims to help those with “invisible” disabilities.
By wearing the lanyard staff in Tesco, as well as other supermarkets and airports, will know that the wearer may need some assistance without drawing attention to them.
She captioned her post: “Sharing this as the more people that know the better understanding everyone will have of invisible disabilities.
“Sainsbury’s and Tesco and airports etc have been sending these out for free and staff are being trained so they are more aware if people need extra help or if a child is getting distressed etc to avoid queues and things.
“I love that it’s discreet and not labelling anyone but it just makes people more aware that it may be why that person is struggling.
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“Like Harvey screeching and kicking out in public, he isn’t a naughty child he is just processing and seeing/hearing things we have no idea are even happening.
“I love the idea so I have got him one.”
Nikki’s post quickly went viral receiving over 3,000 likes on Facebook with people branding it a “fantastic idea.”
The hidden disability lanyard has been rolled out at 15 Tecso stores across the UK as well as in ten Sainsbury’s stores.
It is also being trialled at seven major UK airports including London’s Gatwick, Stansted and Heathrow.
Customers can apply for a free lanyard on the company website, search sunflower lanyard for further information.
In other news, a mum previously revealed her top tips for raising a happy autistic child in her book.
And a desperate mum designed t-shirts for her autistic son so people will stop telling him to “shut up” and calling him “naughty.”
