Opinion

Designing for diversity: Embracing neurodiversity in urban spaces

By 2023-12-21T00:05:00

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We need to consider a much wider range of needs when designing new public realm, writes Craig Sheach

Disability is a complex word. It evokes connotations and stereotypes that are often unhelpful and creates a box in which many who are not considered to be ‘able’ are placed and struggle to escape from.

As a word it also does not naturally associate with those whose challenges or conditions are not so obvious within the day to day. One of those hidden groups are the neurodiverse. 

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