| dc.description.abstract | Texas Woman’s University School of Occupational Therapy has
teamed up with crew members from nonPareil Institute to
complete autism-friendly audits at a variety of locations within the
community. The goal is to assess the strengths of the environment,
inform individuals about specific aspects of the environment, and
make suggestions for potential modifications. These audits contain
sensory, communication, and social factors to attain information in
order to approach ways to create as neurodiverse of an
environment as possible. This participatory involvement can
improve our communication with the autism community and help
create workshops and training materials that emphasize abilities
rather than disabilities. We believe in developing partnerships,
promoting decision making, and empowering and involving
individuals with autism. Therefore, our future endeavors with these
audits is to prove an opportunity to share our knowledge with the
collaboration from nonPareil to extend solutions on how to create
sensory friendly environments. | en_US |
