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Speaking & organizational consulting

Bring the sensory layer to your conference, your team, or your property

Hospitality design, international design festivals, and clinical ADHD conferences are all arriving at the same question right now, from very different directions: how does a space actually affect the people inside it? Rachel Jackson has been working on that question for over twenty years.

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Rachel Jackson

Rachel Jackson · IDCEC certified · Austin, Texas

Same idea, landing in every room that shapes how people feel.

Rachel Jackson

Spoken at
  • HD Expo Designing for Different Minds: The Future of Neuroinclusive Hospitality HD Expo + Conference, Las Vegas · May 2026 · Fireside chat with Andrea Keller of 4D Design
Coming up
  • Small Changes, Big Impact: Designing Neuroinclusive Spaces Without Major Renovation Neuroplaces, London · September 15 to 17, 2026 · Fireside chat, plus a hands-on workshop, The Sensory Audit. Part of Shoreditch Design Week.
  • 2026 International Conference on ADHD Your Home Is Dysregulating You: A Sensory-Friendly Design Workshop 2026 International Conference on ADHD, Baltimore · December 3 to 5, 2026 · Co-hosted by ACO, ADDA and CHADD

Featured in & speaking at

HD Expo
2026 International Conference on ADHD
Shoreditch Design Week
London Design Festival

What a session looks like

Built around your space and your audience, not a stock deck

In Las Vegas that meant hotel lighting and acoustics for a hospitality audience. In London it's a workshop that walks a room through auditing glare, echo, and visual clutter in spaces they already manage. In Baltimore it's a sensory home audit for people living with ADHD.

Audiences that include both hypersensitive and sensory-seeking people tend to be surprised that a session covers both. Whatever the format, people leave with specific changes they can make.

Rachel holds IDCEC certification, trained through the Institute for Challenging Disorganization, and has taught this approach to designers in twenty-two countries.

For your audience

What people take away

Language for something they've already noticed

Most people have felt a room working against them without being able to say why. Naming it is the part that sticks.

Changes that don't need a renovation budget

Lighting temperature, where people sit, what the surfaces are doing to sound. Things a facilities or ops team can act on.

The full sensory range, not half of it

Most guidance assumes everyone needs less input. A good number of people need more, and a space tuned only for quiet leaves them restless.

Continuing education credit

When the session runs as an IDCEC-certified CEU, your attendees leave with credit as well as the material.

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Where the method comes from

Twenty years of built work, not a theory deck

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Kitchen designed by Rachel Jackson Design
Entry designed by Rachel Jackson Design
Lamp and side table detail, showing layered evening lighting

Talks

Topics Rachel speaks on

Neuroinclusive Design at Work: Making Offices, Clinics & Classrooms More Supportive

For organizations designing the spaces their teams and clients spend real time in.

Why “Quiet Rooms” Aren't Enough: Rethinking Wellness Spaces in a Neurodiverse World

For leadership, HR, and facilities teams moving past a single designated room.

Design is Behavior Support: How Built Environments Shape Emotional & Cognitive Health

For architects, clinicians, and educators who want the evidence behind the practice.

Beyond Beige: Sensory-Friendly Design That Supports Focus, Rest, and Regulation

Practical tools for classrooms, offices, and public spaces, without a renovation budget.

For parent and family audiences
The ADHD Home: Layouts, Lighting & Routines That Actually Work

For parent groups, schools, and community organizations.

From Chaos to Calm: How to Create Resilient Homes for Neurodivergent Families

For family-facing conferences and support networks.

Designing for Brains That Work Differently: What Every Space Should Include

A general-audience introduction that works for mixed rooms.

Something else

Rachel regularly shapes a session around a specific brief. Tell us the audience and the room and she'll come back with a proposal.

Formats

  • Keynote
  • Breakout session or workshop
  • IDCEC-certified continuing education
  • Team and staff training
  • Space consulting and assessment

Who Rachel works with

  • Hotels and hospitality groups
  • Conferences and design festivals
  • Design and architecture firms
  • CEU and professional development programs
  • Schools, clinics, and corporate teams

What people say

“There are a lot of things that say ‘sensory friendly’ and usually lend towards hypersensitivity but I am blown away that you are already addressing design differences for those who desire more sensory input too. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!”

CS · ADHD Coach and Neurodiverse Mom

Rachel's work on neuroinclusive design was featured in Good Housekeeping, May and June 2026, with two projects in print. Read the feature

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Tell us about your event or your space

Send the details and we'll come back with formats, dates, and pricing. If you're still shaping the programme, Rachel is happy to talk through what would land best with your audience before anything is fixed.

  1. Tell us about the event. Date, location, audience, and what you want them to leave with.
  2. Rachel shapes the session around that brief. Nothing here runs off the shelf.
  3. We come back with formats, dates, and pricing.

The form asks for your name and email, the event date and location, the type of event, and anything else you'd like to add.

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Rachel Jackson Design creates neuroinclusive, sensory-friendly spaces that are both beautiful and functional.