Authors

The Neurodiverse City team includes:

Design Trust for Public Space, WIP Collaborative, and Verona Carpenter Architects

Editors

Thank you to our collaborators:
AHRC New York
Center for the Independence of the Disabled
New York (CIDNY)
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PS42 Benjamin Altman
PS112 Jose Celso Barbosa
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOH)

Publishers

Support for the Neurodiverse City comes from:

Trinity Church Wall Street Philanthropies

The National Endowment for the Arts
The Neurodiverse City  (2021-2026), led by Design Trust for Public Space, Verona Carpenter Architects, WIP collaborative, and a coalition of disability advocates, is reimagining New York City’s public spaces to better support neurodivergence, the diversity of human minds and the infinite variation in brain functioning that exists in our world. 

The Neurodiverse City was selected as the winner of the 2021 "The Restorative City" Request for Proposals (RFP) organized by the Design Trust for Public Space. Guided by extensive research, public space sensory audits, public surveys, and workshops with neurodivergent children, teenagers, adult self-advocates, as well as families and facilitators, the Neurodiverse City tested two prototypes for neuroinclusive design, a streetscape and playscape. Amassing a wealth of knowledge and lived experience on the disabling and enabling aspects of public spaces, the Neurodiverse City has released this report on learnings, best design practices, and recommendations for future accessibility policy planning.

Table of Contents

Neurodiversity and Public Space: pg. 8

Stories from the Field: pg.16
  • Streetscapes by WIP Collaborative
  • Play Spaces by Verona Carpenter Architects

Expanding the Impact: pg.42

Where To Buy

Free to download here.

Associated Press

How to Build a Neurodiverse City
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