Welcome from the Senior Room in Darrara N.S. On Thursday 27th of September 4th, 5th and 6th class went to the visit the AsIAm autism exhibition in the Clonakilty Parish Hall. We were kindly greeted by a lady and her dog. She gave us MP3 players to listen to a man talking about autism. There were big posters in the hall about what it is like to have autism. There were tests that made you understand the challenges that people with autism experience.
There was a stall for smelling different things. You had to put on headphones and a blindfold and smell different food, one was garlic and one was fish food. The garlic smelled stronger with the blindfold and headphones on, this was unexpected.
There was another stall where you had to try and open a sweet with gloves on but the hard part was that your fingers didn’t go to the top of the gloves. At least, when you opened the sweet you got to eat it. We all liked it because you got a sweet.
There was also a table full of toys that can help to calm and relax. We really liked this stall. In the hall there was a table with two boxes there with holes to put your hands through. There was slime and toy cars in one and in the other there was kinetic sand. You had to put your hands in and guess what was in there. Some people preferred the kinetic sand to the slime.
There was a quiet room that was very relaxing. There was a lot of relaxing things to touch, beanbags to sit on and even a tent with pink lights and calm music. We all enjoyed the exhibition and can’t wait to go to another one.
