Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Sensory overloads

2018-08-15 Thread Isarra Yos
Naming things is hard. Generally just having a designated quiet room where people can go and... have quiet is generally quite useful, though. For all sorts of purposes. On 15/08/18 17:01, Paulo Santos Perneta wrote: I hope it wasn't called "introversion room"... That sounds awful. :| Paulo

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Sensory overloads

2018-08-15 Thread Paulo Santos Perneta
I hope it wasn't called "introversion room"... That sounds awful. :| Paulo Amir E. Aharoni escreveu no dia quarta, 15/08/2018 à(s) 17:44: > Thank you for sharing this, Romaine. > > Our experiences are so different, and we should acknowledge it and cherish > it, and we need to respect all

Re: [Wikimania-l] Friendly Space Policy (was: Sad news)

2018-08-15 Thread Stuart Prior
Hello all, In response to this I wrote something in defence of friendly space policies, as I think we are looking at them the wrong way. It's far from complete but just a few ideas. TL:DR: Safe space policies are important, but being both less defensive, and less judgemental about infractions,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Sensory overloads

2018-08-15 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Thank you for sharing this, Romaine. Our experiences are so different, and we should acknowledge it and cherish it, and we need to respect all people and accommodate all people. My experience is related and opposite at the same time. I sometimes tell people that Wikimania is my social life. It's

[Wikimania-l] Sensory overloads

2018-08-15 Thread Romaine Wiki
Hi everyone, In our movement we have a lot of different people, including people with a different neurodiversity. Then it can happen that with events organised by the Wikimedia movement, there are people that get sensory overloads. it basically means that the input through the senses gets too