A sensory safe space is an important safety feature, that help Autistic have a place to go when their sensory system malfunction. A sensory safe place should block out aversive stimulus and provide a comfortable recovery environment. I recommend weighted blankets, stuffed animals and soft things for young children, with technology included for older children who can use a computer or device to block unpleasant stimulus.
A lot of people wonder why a police man shot black behavioral therapist lying down with his hands up.
First of all he was illegally denied necessary accommodations for his disability. A sensory safe space is an important accommodation for any person with sensory disorder. You can rent a house for less than the cost of an ABA therapist, so money is no excuse. Second ABA conditioning was a system of reward and punishment. Punishment has already proven traumatic and disabling, even if adults don't recognize it as being punishment.
A safe habitat is a basic need that should be supported first, before therapy. ABA in an unsafe situation further ingrains fear.
A form of ABA therapy used on an individual with at least a full high school and qualifications to enter a police training program, led a trained professional to be so afraid of getting shot, he shot a therapist, over a truck!
Video shows black behavioral therapist lying down with his hands up before police shot him
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/video_shows_black_behavioral_therapist_lying_down_with_his_hands_up_before/
Examples of untimely deaths, many of these deaths could have been prevented with sensory safe spaces.
http://autismmemorial.blogspot.com/
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