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Lights, heat and sound: how neuroinclusive design could change the way we work

Seattle Now

KUOW News and Information

Daily News, News

4.7670 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Awareness around neurodivergence, which encompasses conditions like autism and ADHD, has increased in recent years. And with that awareness are calls for accommodations. One of those is the physical environment at work.

Transcript

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0:00.0

On the latest episode of sound politics, the vast majority of Americans say that money in politics is a threat to democracy.

0:08.8

Seattle came up with a novel solution.

0:12.2

Give everyone money to donate to candidates.

0:14.6

Now, is that working?

0:15.9

We'll talk about it ahead of the August 5th primary when voters will decide if the democracy voucher program

0:22.5

should stick around. That's on the latest sound politics, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:32.3

Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Tuesday. This is Seattle now. Most everybody's got to go to work, but not everybody works the same way in the office.

0:44.9

Noises, chatter, even fluorescent lights can make it difficult to be productive. In a minute, we'll talk with K-Sargent of architecture firm H-O-K. The firm redesigned their office space with an eye towards accommodating neurodiversity.

0:59.5

More on that in a minute.

1:00.8

But first, let's get you caught up.

1:10.5

Observers who regularly monitor deportation flight activity in and out of King County Regional Airport are calling for more transparency.

1:18.6

A coalition of immigrant justice organizations, including the University of Washington Center for Human Rights,

1:24.6

will release a year and a half of flight data today. They say it outlines

1:29.1

human rights violations and spotlights, a lack of transparency regarding King County Airport's

1:34.3

relationship with immigration and customs enforcement. The press conference starts at 10.

1:40.4

If you've got outdoor plans this week, make sure you're prepared for the heat.

1:48.5

We're trading Monday's balmy mid-70s for mid-80s starting today.

1:55.2

The National Weather Service says expect temperatures to graze 90 by Wednesday with overnight lows in the 60s.

1:58.7

Temperatures will be back into the 70s by the weekend.

2:09.6

And after seeing Cal Raleigh and last night's MLB home run derby, you can see him and three other Mariners in tonight's MLB All-Star game at 5 p.m. Pitchers Brian Wu, Andres Munoz, as well as outfielder Randy Arosa Rana, are set to join the festivities.

2:16.6

Arozarena replaces outfielder Julio Rodriguez, who announced last week he's dropping out of the

2:22.2

All-Star game to focus on resting and preparing for the second half of the season.

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