The Neurodiverse City 2023–

Rethinking public space access

Currently in: Workshops and Sensory Audits

The Project Team

WIP Collaborative, a shared feminist practice of independent design professionals, Verona Carpenter Architects, a full service architecture and interiors firm, and the Design Trust will serve as the project co-leads, working with community partners to shepherd the initiative, including the Center for Independence of the Disabled-NY and INCLUDEnyc. The project is guided by an Advisory Committee, a diverse group of self-advocates and community leaders.

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Project Partners

Community Collaborators

Advisory Committee

Fatimah Aure

Senior Manager, Housing Design Standards for Accessibility and Inclusion, The Kelsey

Lydia X. Z. Brown

Director of Policy, Advocacy, & External Af airs, Autistic Women & Non-Binary Network

Jezz Chung

Multimedia Storyteller, Self-Advocate

Cheryelle Cruickshank

Executive Director, INCLUDEnyc

Christopher Diamond

Director of the Office of Sustainability, Resilience, and Commissioning, NYC Department of Design Construction

Faye Ginsburg

Founding Co-Director, NYU Center for Disability Studies

Aimi Hamrai

Director, Critical Design Lab

May Lee

Principal, PS42M – The Benjamin Altman School

Sharon McLennon-Wier

Executive Director, Center for Independence of the Disabled

Magda Mostafa

Associate Professor of Architecture, The American University in Cairo

Christopher Noel

ADA Accessibility Coordinator/Disability Services, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Kristie Patten

Professor of Occupational Therapy, New York University

Eman Rimawi-Doster

Executive Director, Harlem Independent Living Center

Emily Weidenhof

Director of Public Space, NYC Department of Transportation

Jen White Johnson

Artist, Self-Advocate

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