Access belongs at the beginning
Orbit Yard is being imagined as a science and making campus where disabled and neurodivergent visitors can plan with useful detail, ask for adjustments, and take part on their own terms.
Before you visit
Use this planning list as a prompt, not a requirement. You never need to disclose a diagnosis to request an adjustment.
Three space stories
These illustrated scenarios explain the intended visitor experience in concrete terms.
From the arrival court, the planned public route uses level thresholds, broad turns, and lift access between visitor levels. Doors on the main route are intended to be automatic or held open during public hours.
Gallery maps identify the shortest routes, seated alternatives, lifts, accessible toilets, and places where a queue can be bypassed when standing is difficult.
Backed seats with arms, benches, and wheelchair spaces are planned throughout the campus. Quiet coves sit beyond the main circulation path so visitors can rest without feeling removed from their group.
Visitors may sit on their own mobility aid, use a portable stool, or leave and re-enter an activity when capacity allows. Rest is part of the route, not an exception to it.
Planned low-sensory sessions reduce sudden audio, lower projection brightness, pause haze effects, and limit attendance. A visual schedule explains transitions before the session begins.
Some experiments depend on sound, darkness, vibration, or flashing light. These moments should be identified at the entrance, with a bypass route and a nearby quiet option.
Service directory
Availability may vary by program in this fictional preview. Ask ahead when a service is essential to participation.
Recorded media is intended to include captions. Talks and demonstrations should provide live-caption information when booking opens. A portable hearing loop is planned for the welcome desk and selected program rooms.
Large-print gallery guides, high-contrast digital text, tactile diagrams, and touchable material samples are planned. Staff-led verbal orientation can be requested for unfamiliar spaces.
Visitors may respond by speaking, pointing, writing, typing, signing, or using an AAC device. Visual instructions and demonstration-first facilitation reduce reliance on rapid spoken explanation.
Ear defenders, tinted overlays, simple visual schedules, and a limited number of portable stools are intended to be available from the welcome point, subject to daily availability.
A companion, carer, or personal assistant may support navigation, communication, personal care, or workshop participation. The fictional ticketing model anticipates a no-cost essential-companion place where admission applies.
Trained assistance animals are intended to be welcome in public areas. Water can be requested. Some loud or vibrating environments may be uncomfortable, so an alternative route and relief-area guidance should be available.
Access inquiry
Use the contact form and choose “Access and adjustments.” Describe only what you are comfortable sharing. In this local concept preview, the form returns an on-page confirmation rather than sending data to a real venue.