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Fiber Optic Sensory Lighting

Fiber Optic Lighting for Sensory Rooms

Fiber-optic lighting is a core feature in many multi-sensory rooms, offering both visual and tactile stimulation. The soft glow and gentle shimmer of the strands encourage calm, focus, and engagement—especially beneficial for individuals with autism, sensory processing needs, developmental disabilities, dementia, or anxiety.

Because they are safe to touch, strong and cool to the skin, the Sideglow fiber-optic system is widely used in schools, hospitals, long-term care homes, therapy centers, and mobile sensory carts.

With the latest LED technology, SensoryOne’s fiber-optic products provide brilliant colour, low maintenance, and long-lasting performance.

Fiber Optic Sideglow

Sideglow with Low Profile Easy Switches

Sideglow with Nine Switch and Easy Switches

Sideglow fiber-optic lighting uses LED-powered light sources with automatic color cycling and compatible switch-control options, including Low-Profile switches and the Nine-Switch Keyboard. Automatic color cycling creates gently fading light. Interactive controls allow users to select colors and explore cause and effect. The standard complete kit includes 200 tails, each 2 m (approximately 6.5 ft) long. Additional tail quantities and lengths are listed below.

Explore Switches & Controllers for compatible Low-Profile Switches, keyboards and fixed wall controls. Choose controls for the light source’s Easy Switch or Switch4 system.

Fiber Optic Curtains

A fiber-optic curtain can create an inviting entrance, divide a room, or serve as a feature within an activity area.

The suspended strands form a gently moving curtain of color for tactile and visual exploration.

Product Code: 1280-061

Fiber Optic Cascade Box

Mounted on a wall, the cascade box releases 200 strands of glowing fiber optics that fall gracefully to the floor like a colorful waterfall. The colors can be set to change randomly on their own or controlled using our Low Profile and Nine Keyboard Switches.

This feature offers:

  • A soothing, ever-changing visual effect
  • A highly engaging tactile element
  • Meaningful interaction for individuals with profound or complex needs

Users can handle, move, and explore the translucent strands safely.

Easy Switch — 1280-015
Switch4 — 1280-016

Fiber Optic Showers

A ceiling-mounted shower creates a column of soft, shifting color with 180 fiber-optic tails, each 190 cm long. Supplied with a white ceiling tile.

Easy Switch — 1280-331
Switch4 — 1280-335

Fiber Optic Light Tactile Wall Panels

Tactile Wall Panel #3 blends a variety of textural effects with 200 points of LED fiber-optic lighting for a rich multi-sensory experience.


With its bright, colorful light intertwined with fluorescent elements and textured surfaces, it encourages exploration and supports sensory regulation.

Sparkle Panel: 0571-013
Size: 120 × 100 × 10 cm.

Sparkle Cloud Panel

Ceiling clouds create a focal point overhead. Illuminated versions contain 200 points of color-changing light; an unlit Basic Cloud is also available.

Choose suspended or ceiling-fixed anti-ligature versions in White, Blue Sky, Stormy Sky, or Rainbow Sky.

  • Basic Cloud (No lights) / Ceiling Suspended — 1934-011
  • Basic Cloud (No lights) / Anti-Ligature — 1934-011A
  • Sparkle Cloud (Passive) / Ceiling Suspended — 1934-003
  • Sparkle Cloud (Passive) / Anti-Ligature — 1934-003A
  • Sparkle Cloud (Easy Switch) / Ceiling Suspended — 1934-001
  • Sparkle Cloud (Easy Switch) / Anti-Ligature — 1934-001A
  • Sparkle Cloud (Switch4) / Ceiling Suspended — 1934-002
  • Sparkle Cloud (Switch4) / Anti-Ligature — 1934-002A

Fiber Optic Light Source & Tail Options

Choose an Easy Switch LED light source on its own, a complete 200-tail kit, or separate fiber-optic tails. A light source is required to illuminate the tails.

  • Light source fits standard 30 mm fiber-optic harnesses
  • Separate tails and complete kit options
  • Passive color cycling or compatible switch control
  • Light Source Only — 1280-100
  • Kit with 200t x 2m — 1280-232
  • Tails (only) - 200 x 2 Metre Tails — 1280-202
  • 100 Tails x 1 Metre — 1280-111
  • 100 Tails x 2 Metre — 1280-112
  • 200 Tails x 3 Metre — 1280-203

Tail quantities and lengths below are the offered configurations. Tails-only options exclude a light source; the kit includes 200 tails, each 2 m long.

For compatible controls, see our Switches & Controllers, including the Easy Switch Wall Plate.

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