Tadelayo Sodipe a 24 old designer was the one who identified this problem and created a fantastic way to resolve it. He is an art and designer student and is currently working as a teacher. He believes in support working and freelancing in his spare time. He observed that the children with autism found it difficult to order food at Nando’s a restaurant full of choices in food. He exclaimed that such a restaurant was “heaven” for some and distressing for others.

In an interview Sodipe said that he worked with children with autism very closely during the educational support system and witnessed that they contribute to a valuable section of the society. He added that his idea originated at the time when he noticed that children faced immense confusion while ordering because they really couldn’t visualize what they were ordering due to all the extra information provided in the menus. Moreover the act of interaction was quite puzzling between a staff member and the autism hit child which created more difficulties in ordering.

That very moment an idea of QR bars on the menu card flooded in Sodipe’s mind. He managed to create a design where a QR scan code was mentioned on the list of options which when scanned would provide excessive information about the dish. Amazingly his idea has proved to be a great success and was adopted by numerous bars and restaurants in order to minimize the physical contact during the alarming situation of COVID-19 pandemic. But Sodipe was hoping if the same premise was used in favor of the people with autism or any other forms of social disorders. Totting up Sodipe also mentioned that his brilliant idea about the QR codes in Nando’s menu card shortened it and made it “autism-friendly”.

He developed pictures which not only provided an opportunity for the imagination but also promoted freedom and decision-making skills for a child’s mental growth. Additionally the QR codes redirected the customer to a page of Nando’s tills where they could place order and choose between the options to pay online or at the tills itself. This was a great gesture for people who were not so good at communicating. After this technique they just had to tap on their order and they were done. Sodipe posted his idea online describing the situation and asked people what they thought about it.

To his surprise the post attracted attention of many big restaurants including Nando’s and Vapiano. Amazingly their reaction was positive. Not only this the post also charmed 13000 likes along with more than 5000 comments. He said that he has been getting messages since then saying that this piece of technique was incredible and useful for their brothers and sisters. Some people with anxiety and poor communication skills messaged him saying that they could visualize themselves using the same for ordering.

Unbelievably Sodipe was contacted by the Vapiano asking him to suggest something for improving their ordering styles. He was amazed how people supported him in this unusual trend. Currently due to the wide spread of the coronavirus pandemic Nando’s is accepting orders at pay-at-table app digitally. Furthermore Vapiano tweeted that it has QR codes on its menu and want more such ideas on board.

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