The Neurodiverse City 2023–

Rethinking public space access

Currently in: Workshops and Sensory Audits

The Project Team

Project leads WIP Collaborative, Verona Carpenter Architects, and Design Trust are working with community partners to shepherd this initiative, including the Center for Independence of the Disabled-NY, AHRC, and INCLUDEnyc. The project is guided by an Advisory Committee of self-advocates and community leaders. Thank you to our site partners 200 Water Street & PS 112! The Neurodiverse City is supported by Trinity Church and the NEA and in collaboration with NYC Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Department of Education

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Project Fellows

Cornell PiTech Impact Fellow

Lucy Jiang

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

Special Thanks

Trinity Church

Sponsor

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Sponsor

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