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This project was commissioned in 2020 from NDTI by the Care and Health Improvement programme and co-produced with a group of people with lived experience.

 

Several contributors to 'Considering and meeting the sensory needs of autistic people in housing' mentioned things that would help them to feel safe and secure at home. This may be particularly important for people who are living alone.

A home needs to be a safe space you can relax and be comfortable in. After a day being at work and sensory overstimulated it's imperative for mental health to have a space that heals not exacerbates sensory overload, works for living in and thinks about the diversity of residents’ access needs, safety, comfort and security. 

Kelly

"A big part of it is feeling safe/secure for me- so if it was an apartment complex being at the end of the corridor so people aren’t constantly walking past and having building security/key carded doors would help greatly."
Conor

Security/ front desk stop cold callers/ people with untoward motives safety because my ASD (autism) means I struggle to understand others’ motives having security/reception would make me feel safer."

Kelly

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Considering and meeting the sensory needs of autistic people in housing

This project was commissioned in 2020 from NDTI by the Care and Health Improvement programme and co-produced with a group of people with lived experience.

Other things to consider

This section includes comments from contributors that don’t fit neatly under one of the sensory headings but are important considerations.