<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p dir="auto" style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 43); color: rgb(42, 42, 43); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Sensory Processing Sensitivity accommodations have become an important part of an ever-increasingly inclusive world. Many retailers, businesses, and offices have started to implement “sensory friendly” hours to cater to the needs of these individuals, such as <a href="https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2023/11/07/small-changes-big-impact-sensory-friendly-hours-return">Walmart’s Sensory-Friendly Hours</a>. People who have autism and similar conditions can have <a href="https://www.autismspeaks.org/sensory-issues">Sensory Issues</a> that would benefit greatly by shops, cafes, and other destinations having clear sensory level information and when (where applicable) sensory-friendly hours exist.</p><p dir="auto" style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 43); color: rgb(42, 42, 43); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Previously, “Key:sensory” had been proposed (and approved) for use in playground contexts surrounding items that produce a sensory reaction such as visual, tactile, audible, and smell. Usage of this tag is minimal however the utility of it should be retained. Similarly, the “Proposal:Quiet hours” had some great groundwork for the sensory friendly hours aspect but did not include sensory level information, source, or other relevant information that those who have sensory processing sensitivity may find useful.</p><p dir="auto" style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 43); color: rgb(42, 42, 43); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Sensory was chosen over quiet or other options due to the scientific research in this area using the term sensory, despite many retailers using the term “Quiet Hours” and to also include visual stimuli.</p><p dir="auto" style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 43); color: rgb(42, 42, 43); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Sensory">Link to Proposal</a>. Please discuss this proposal on its Wiki Talk page.</p></body></html>