The Seashell Trust School has enlisted the help of soap and shampoo firm Cussons to help severely disabled children communicate for the first time.
The company's creative perfumer Kate Williams has infused cards with scents to help children make choices about what they want to eat and drink, and help put the environment in context. "One boy, whenever he goes to the park, sniffs the metallic chains that hold the swings," said the article. "Kate has therefore recreated that unique, ferrous smell and this is a way of telling him he is about to go to the park."
Plug-in fragrances help children understand days of the week. And another initiative in progress is to create unique scents for members of staff to help children recognise them.
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