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Tuesday, October 03, 2017
Staples Center to Offer Complimentary Sensory Safety Kits For Guests
Amplify: Staples Center is offering kits to fans with disabilities to improve the experience at the venue. The Los Angeles arena has created sensory safety kits for individuals affected by autism, PTSD or other sensory-related issues.
The staples center is a huge arena within Los Angeles and many events occur there every year ranging from graduations to sports games and even concerts. It is a huge place that many people go to every year. This idea of sensory safety kits is an amazing idea. This is very important and I love that they are not just training some people but every staff member so that anyone can help should something occur. However, when I go to concerts as an average person; even I find the sound to be too loud and to the point of causing hearing loss as well as pain in my ears. So, I purchased an earbud of sorts that lowers the decibels of sound entering my ears but doesn’t sacrifice the quality of the music. The kit as shown through the image in the article only has muffling devices in terms of hearing. I find that this can be an issue because they came for the sound for some events and want to hear it and not the muffled version of it. So, they should probably invest in putting something similar in there but to also keep the ear muffs/plugs should the person want to ignore sound altogether as an option as well. Overall, it is a good kit as it seems and very thought out as well.
I really love how proactive the Staples Center is being. I think this kit is a great idea, especially as something available for any patron, not requiring extra fees. I do think it will pose a bigger question, of who is allowed access to them. Who someone have to prove that have a medical condition, or is just asking all thats needed. What I think is really the best part of this idea is that they are training their employees on supporting the kits and how to help those that will use them. I don't know how I really feel about going to go as far as needing a wristband. If it is optional, then that is just fine, however requiring that someone wear a certain wrist band is pretty forceful and may stop someone from using the kit even though it could really help because they don't want to be easily identified. I think that any efforts of trying to open up events to everyone, is really going in a good direction.
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The staples center is a huge arena within Los Angeles and many events occur there every year ranging from graduations to sports games and even concerts. It is a huge place that many people go to every year. This idea of sensory safety kits is an amazing idea. This is very important and I love that they are not just training some people but every staff member so that anyone can help should something occur. However, when I go to concerts as an average person; even I find the sound to be too loud and to the point of causing hearing loss as well as pain in my ears. So, I purchased an earbud of sorts that lowers the decibels of sound entering my ears but doesn’t sacrifice the quality of the music. The kit as shown through the image in the article only has muffling devices in terms of hearing. I find that this can be an issue because they came for the sound for some events and want to hear it and not the muffled version of it. So, they should probably invest in putting something similar in there but to also keep the ear muffs/plugs should the person want to ignore sound altogether as an option as well. Overall, it is a good kit as it seems and very thought out as well.
I really love how proactive the Staples Center is being. I think this kit is a great idea, especially as something available for any patron, not requiring extra fees. I do think it will pose a bigger question, of who is allowed access to them. Who someone have to prove that have a medical condition, or is just asking all thats needed. What I think is really the best part of this idea is that they are training their employees on supporting the kits and how to help those that will use them. I don't know how I really feel about going to go as far as needing a wristband. If it is optional, then that is just fine, however requiring that someone wear a certain wrist band is pretty forceful and may stop someone from using the kit even though it could really help because they don't want to be easily identified. I think that any efforts of trying to open up events to everyone, is really going in a good direction.
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