A few years back, journalist Lauren Ober was diagnosed with autism. She then made a podcast about her experience called The Loudest Girl in the World. 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
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499- Say Aloe to My Little Frond
498- The Octagon House
497- Hometown Village
496- The Rights of Rice and Future of Nature
495- Meet Us by the Fountain
494- Flag Days: Unfolding a Moment
493- Divining Provenance
492- Inheriting Froebel's Gifts
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488- It’s a Small Aisle After All
487- Atlas Obscura
486- Rumble Strip
485- Murder Most Fowl
484- Dear Hank and John and Roman
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