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Miami‑Dade commissioner offers neuroinclusion toolkit as Pembroke Pines wins autism‑friendly designation
Summary
Miami‑Dade County Commissioner Raquel Regalado presented a neuroinclusion toolkit — low‑cost practices, first‑responder training and transit/accommodation examples — and praised Pembroke Pines for achieving an autism‑friendly designation; commissioners discussed local implementation and adult programming.
Miami‑Dade County Commissioner Raquel Regalado presented a regional 'neuroinclusion' toolkit to the Pembroke Pines City Commission on May 6, outlining low‑cost steps cities can adopt to make services and public spaces more accessible for neurodivergent residents.
Regalado, who said she is the mother of two neurodivergent adults, described programs Miami‑Dade has piloted and sustained, including sensory‑friendly hours at events, social stories and sensory rooms at the county fair, airport dress rehearsals (MIA AIR), sunflower lanyards for invisible…
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