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Concurrent Education Session

MON-A09: Sensory-Responsive Design: Qualitative Insights and Design Methodologies for Crafting Neuro-Inclusive Environments

Monday, October 7, 2024
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, NY/HSW, FL

Sensory-responsive design emanates from an evidence-based connection between sensory sensitivities and neurodiversity. To best meet the needs of the neurodiverse community, a sensory-responsive process must be applied in designed landscapes. Attendees will learn about neurodiversity and techniques to apply in the classroom and in practice.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Provide a baseline understanding of sensory sensitivities and their connection to neurodiversity, and highlight the broad range of experiences and needs that neurodiverse people experience.
  • Build an understanding that someone’s experience of the world is built through interpretation of sensory inputs, and that changes in sensory perception alter their perception of the spaces they inhabit.
  • Establish the idea of sensory-responsive design and show that this method of design positively affects all users.
  • Share practical methodologies for the application of sensory-responsive design for attendees to apply in their own instructional methods or practice.