What Is This?
The Sensory Safe Map is a crowdsourced guide to sensory-safe public spaces — with clear criteria for what qualifies as sensory-safe, a simple submission form for adding new spaces, and a browsable map for finding calm places near you.
Why It Exists
Finding a sensory-safe space in public is exhausting trial-and-error for neurodivergent people. Most environments that look calm on paper are too loud, too bright, or too unpredictable in practice. A community-sourced map built on consistent criteria removes the guesswork.
Who It's For
- ▸Neurodivergent individuals who experience sensory overload in public spaces
- ▸People who need a reliable calm space for work, decompression, or recovery between commitments
- ▸Anyone who wants to contribute to a shared resource that benefits the broader community
How It Works
You submit a location with ratings across four criteria: noise level, light level, crowd density, and environmental predictability. Submitted spaces appear on a shared map. You can browse by location and filter by your specific sensory priorities.
You get:
- ▸Access to a crowdsourced map of sensory-safe spaces
- ▸Clear criteria so you know what 'sensory-safe' actually means for each space
- ▸A simple submission template to add spaces you've found
- ▸Best-time notes from other users
What Makes It Different
This is built around a specific, agreed definition of sensory safety — not just "quiet" or "calm." The four-axis rating system means every submission gives you actionable information, not subjective impressions.
