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Neurodiversity is a high-level term used to describe people who are not considered to be ‘neuro-typical’. It is thought that at least 15% of people live with some form of neurodiversity. These are recognised conditions such as attention deficit disorder (ADD), autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, synaesthesia (abnormal pupillary response), Tourette’s syndrome and variable attention stimulus trait (VAST).
It is also generally established that neurodivergent people often have atypical responses to sensory factors. This Factfile considers one of these — light and the application to bring a space alive, provide variability and creativity whilst exploring its potential effects, including hypersensitivity and hyposensitivity, also known as photophobia.
Author: Sophie Parry
This is one of the Society of Light and Lighting's series of freely available factfiles, all of which are available here: SLL Lighting Factfiles