This gamified sensory walk by Rosa Inês Soares, invites participants into an embodied dialogue with each other, the landscape, and the often-unseen challenges of navigating the world from different perspectives. Grounded in research and personal experience with disability, the walk explores the intersection of trauma-informed design, somatic movement practices, and socially engaged walking art.
Set along a path that transitions from urban to natural space, the walk is designed for a small to medium group, encouraging connection to place and community. Together, participants begin freely, but as the walk unfolds, subtle, unspoken constraints are introduced—simulating real-world challenges faced by neurodivergent individuals. These embodied obstacles prompt collective adaptation and reflection, transforming walking into an act of witnessing and inclusion.
Checkpoints along the route offer space to pause, reset, and engage in movement-based prompts and group conversations on often-silenced themes such as tokenism, financial strain, or alternative communication. This is not only a space for play and empathy, but also an invitation to reimagine walking as a participatory, political, and sensory practice—shaping how we move together through shared spaces, especially with communities experiencing heightened vulnerability.