Are there any autism friendly cities in the us?

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I was doing some research the other day and came across a town in scotland that is going above and beyond when catering to the needs of the autistic person. Businesses posting signs about being autistic friendly and in fact one of the major grocery store chains called Morrison's wants to be known as the autistic friendly grocery store by doing things like posting various noises you will hear in the store on their website as sound bites so the autistic person can get used to the noise before they go having maps of The Quiet areas of the store and the noisy areas as well as having autistic quiet hour during the day where they try to keep the noise level to the minimum so the autistic person can come in with little fear of having a meltdown. And other businesses around have done the same thing even advertising in their windows as being an autistic friendly place.

And then in another search I found a city in I found a city in Canada by the oceans that two women in the help of the people in the town also have needed a very autistic friendly environment. Again where businesses are advertising the fact that they are autistic friendly places.

When I had done searches in the United States for such cities I came up with nothing but when I did a search earlier before writing this I found articles claiming that Phoenix Arizona was probably the best autistic city in the world. But after spending time in Phoenix I did not get that feeling from the city. But they were basing it on one artistic fellow by the name Matt who was able to start a successful biscotti business and have his biscotti sold in major retailers all over town.

So I was just curious do we have any cities in the United States then I'm really trying hard to cater to the autistic population? Better not only try hard in the services they offer but the community as a whole trying to do their part to serve the autistic people? And I haven't found that at least in the Google searches I have done.

https://health.spectator.co.uk/an-autis ... al-points/

Roses for Autism in Gilford Connecticut offers job training.
https://rosesforautism.com/
But, this is something that required a private citizen to start and keep going.

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation ... ost-towns#

Well, given that Utah was once the state with the highest rate of autism diagnoses (and remains among the top states), most people here are quite aware and accepting of autists. That knowledge probably influenced the development of favorable laws in the state and Salt Lake County (the greater metro area of Salt Lake City).

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is, of course, the 800-lbs. gorilla socially and politically, and has published some guidelines for its members to include and accommodate autists in their communities. So, that would have a good trickle-down effect throughout the state.

Public accommodations almost certainly understand how to support autists in accepting ways. After a meltdown in February at a local organic grocery market, I was hiding behind a large floor display when the manager (half my age) introduced himself to me, and knew exactly what to say and do to help me become verbal again. So, people can often be a lot like that in Salt Lake County.

Utah is intentionally LGBTQ and autism friendly. Plan a visit <https://www.visitsaltlake.com/>, and check us out.

San Francisco where everyone is free.

Portland where everyone can find a place to live peacefully and without any problems even though there are many ongoing problems people still want city government to fix.

Since the majority of the US sees autism as a horrible disease and a national crisis, there can't possibly be any autism friendly cities in it.

But the country is probably going to be nuked by 2020, so at least there will be plenty of ghost towns.

Any city that has a cat cafe at least has some autistic friendly places.