Autism Pleasantville
A few years back, journalist Lauren Ober (www.oberandout.com/bio) was diagnosed with autism. She then made a podcast about her experience called The Loudest Girl in the World (www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/loude...) . And she found herself imagining a fantasy world where everything is tailored to Lauren’s very specific autistic needs. And she called this magical imagined place, wonderfully devoid of overwhelming stimuli "Autism Pleasantville."
"Obviously," Ober notes, "there’s not a one-size fits all diagnosis or even definition of autism ... as the autism adage goes: 'If you know one autistic person…you know one autistic person.' But despite our wide variety of needs, I wanted to know how design is evolving to better accommodate us" -- how were ideals being handled in the real world.
Autism Pleasantville (99percentinvisible.org/?p=420...)
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8:45 this entire episode is making me, um, very emotional! 👀👀👀👀👀
I've been too a couple autism friendly places before and the vast majority of them either do nothing to actually make things better, or they actively make them worse. For me its noise, echos, certain lights, and having to stand too close too other people. The best places were the ones that changed from those tube lights that flicker and hum to something else, or had anything to absorb some amount of sound. The attempts too focus on making something autism friendly miss the entire point. People dont like flickering lights, people dont like it when so much noise echos you can hear anything you want too. People dont like being crammed into a place with too many people. Making a place generally more pleasant to be in would do worlds more than anything focused on making something accessible for neurodivergents.
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