Screen shot of the Slate website showing the article 'Ear protection is the new sunscreen' by Jessica Furseth. The image in the article is of a white man with short dark hair and a beard on a bus with headphones in.
Screenshot of a quote from Keren MacLennan in the Slate article saying "The neurodivergent brain takes in a lot more information,” Keren MacLennan, a researcher with the Centre for Applied Autism Research at the University of Bath, U.K., whose work focuses on sensory experiences and inclusivity, told Slate. “With the inability to filter that, it just stacks and stacks, until the point [of] overwhelm.”
@kerenmaclennan.bsky.social from our centre was quoted in a recently published article by Jessica Furseth for Slate about the rise in use of ear protection.
You can read the full article here: slate.com/technology/2...
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