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Saturday 7 June 2025
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Sensory Friendly

Sensory Friendly

The UCD Festival strives to create a more accessible Festival experience for our neurodiverse community. We hope you enjoy the day knowing that we have your comfort and wellbeing in mind.

  • Our Sensory Friendly area located in the Old UCD Student Centre will host activities and events in a comfortable, inclusive environment
  • Icons on the UCD Festival map/programme will identify:
    a. Sensory spaces with headphones
    b. Loud and busy areas with megaphones
    c. Sensory friendly events (listed below) with a heart symbol ♥️
  • Volunteers and Content providers will be inclusive of everyone including our neurodivergent attendees. Seek out those wearing the Neurodiversity symbol
  • Priority access at busy areas and with food vendors, for those with a lanyard from  Neurodiversity Ireland, Hidden Disabilities, and/or AsIAm
  • Lanyards: In advance of the UCD Festival, if you need a lanyard to identify as a neurodivergent person, please go to the Neurodiversity Ireland, AsIam or Hidden Disabilities websites to register.
  • Wondering what the day looks like? Check out our Social Story (Visual Guide) which gives you an idea of what to expect on the day.

A small number of events are individually bookable, check the events below:

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Sensory Play and Movement

Senco Sensory Bus

Sensory Friendly Storytelling

Booking Required

A Minecraft Movie (PG) Sensory Friendly Screening

Silent Disco

Inflatable Fun

Booking Required

UCD Alumni Orchestra

Sensory Room

Krafty Kids

Interactive Archaeology

Sensory Walk to the Centre for Experimental Archaeology

Greenacre, UCD’s Sustainability Hub

Meet UCD Lyons Farm Chickens

Meet UCD Lyons Farm Goat Herd

Meet UCD Lyons Farm Ewes & Lambs

UCD Classical Museum

UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Craft Café

Booking Required

An Audience with Sinéad Burke

Teddy Bear Care Centre

Fighting Words Drop-In Story Zone

VR Lab Demos

Selfie with Pepper the Humanoid Robot

Festival Train to UCD Greenacre

You Belong Here: UCD Inclusive Digital Map

Volunteer Here

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