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Naziaty Mohd Yaacob
Who Was the Office Built For? · Neurodivergent Spaces: The Standard Isn't Neutral
28 minutes Posted Aug 19, 2026 at 6:00 am.
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Send us Fan Mail Most buildings and workplaces are built around one narrow prototype of how a person should communicate, learn and behave — and that choice stops looking like a choice once it becomes the standard. Drawing on Eva Redford's research-based essay How Society Excludes Autistic People by Design, this episode traces how institutions turn neurological difference into disadvantage without anyone needing to hold a biased thought. As Redford puts it: normal is not neutral, and it never ...