{"id":418,"date":"2013-10-07T11:50:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T10:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/?p=418"},"modified":"2013-10-07T11:51:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T10:51:56","slug":"commuting-under-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/2013\/10\/07\/commuting-under-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Commuting Under Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating the sensory landscapes of work based travel<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;David (who has a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome) retraces his journey from Southampton to Leeds (via London) in order to illustrate the use of mobile technology to assist with travel&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X71GooyLMvE\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nDavid makes a very good job of illustrating the kind of sensory overload issues that can be a risk for those using public transport. Clear signage in public areas can be helpful. He makes good use of a smartphone to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check travel schedules and see whether there are any unscheduled changes to timetables.<\/li>\n<li>Play music and use over-the-ear headphones with his device to block out the sound of the underground and construction work at a train station and other loud or unwanted noise.<\/li>\n<li>Navigation &#8211; uses mapping facilities and the GPS of the phone to find out where he is and which direction he&#8217;s facing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He says he&#8217;s found using this kind of technology good for reducing the stress associated with travel and helping avert potential panic attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating the sensory landscapes of work based travel &#8220;&#8230;David (who has a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome) retraces his journey from Southampton to Leeds (via London) in order to illustrate the use of mobile technology to assist with travel&#8230;&#8221; David makes a very good job of illustrating the kind of sensory overload issues that can be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/2013\/10\/07\/commuting-under-pressure\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Commuting Under Pressure&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[9751],"tags":[10056,10060,10061,10062,10057,10059,10003,10012,10058],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/autismcard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}