One solution. Different levels of need.

Airport accessibility often relies on shared support such as quiet rooms, sensory spaces and lounges. However, my research suggests that autistic travellers can have very different sensory needs, and one shared environment cannot necessarily work for everyone. This became especially clear through my primary research, where one participant described Sunflower lounges as still being open, loud and not tailored to autistic sensory needs, and through my own reflection on my sister finding an autism-friendly cinema screening more difficult than a standard one. Existing spaces such as Changi’s Calm Room go further by offering different sensory zones, but they are still shared environments. The problem I am beginning to identify is therefore not simply a lack of sensory support, but a lack of individual control within shared sensory support.