Sheffield Optometrist to turn practices blue for World Autism Awareness Day

The blue themes at Alex Gage Family Optometrist will include blue balloons outside the Crosspool and Woodseats practices, staff wearing blue items of clothing and donning blue wigs.

Alex was inspired to take part in the initiative after specialising in Behavioural Optometry; a branch of optics that studies how vision can affect human performance. He said: “Autism can come with a range of challenges in making sense of the world. In Behavioural Optometry we consider how the way someone processes visual information affects their behaviour and interactions.”