I visited Walmart during its ‘sensory-friendly’ shopping hours and loved the calmer, less chaotic shopping environment

• 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 images. 
• Walmart says it is creating a calmer store atmosphere to better serve customers with disabilities. 

Shopping can be overwhelming with blaring music, in-store announcements, and bright lighting. Walmart is testing out a new kind of shopping experience — one that tones down all those features.

Walmart is holding sensory-friendly shopping hours on Saturday mornings at most stores for the back-to-school shopping season.