Date: 31/03/2023
Waiting and queuing is hard for everyone, especially when hungry!
However, it can be even more difficult for autistic young people. They may be very focused on getting their food in a café or restaurant, and miss the indicators that there is a queue. This visual support can be used to show that they need to wait in a queue, and how many people are in front of them. The faces can be cut out and velcroed to a portable strip to indicate how many people are in the queue and what position the young person is within this queue, and then pull off each face as it gets closer to their turn. This isn’t just for McDonald’s- other restaurants do exist of course! It can be adapted to be used elsewhere.
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