Sensory overload is often about uncertainty and how long the brain has to stay engaged—especially in autism and ADHD.

Walmart customers who experience sensory overload while shopping now have their own sensory-friendly hours, according to an official press release. Sensory-friendly hours launched on July 22, 2023, ...

Walmart is now dimming the lights and lowering the volume in its stores for a couple of hours a day — but not in the name of energy conservation. The merchandise kingpin said it's an effort to create ...

Walmart is holding sensory-friendly shopping hours on Saturday mornings during back-to-school shopping season. In stores, radios are turned off, lights dimmed, and TV screens set with stationary ...

Sensory overload occurs when the brain becomes overwhelmed by the volume or nature of the sensory inputs it receives. Sensory inputs can be any stimuli that enter through one of the sensory modalities ...