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Independent research in progress
TIO2 Inc. studies how autism and broader neurodiversity intersect with food experiences, sensory processing, interface color, websites, applications, and adaptive artificial intelligence.
Evidence boundary: This page describes active questions and design directions. It does not present early ideas as medical findings or replace clinical guidance.
Each area begins with a practical question: how can digital systems reduce unnecessary sensory and cognitive load while preserving clarity, choice, and personal control?
Exploring how texture, smell, temperature, predictability, presentation, and the surrounding environment may shape food experiences for autistic people.
Studying how motion, sound, density, interruption, time pressure, unclear instructions, and unexpected changes can affect the use of websites and applications.
Examining color as one part of a larger sensory system. Hue alone does not determine comfort; saturation, contrast, brightness, context, screen conditions, and personal preference also matter.
Exploring transparent AI systems that could adapt density, language, motion, pacing, and task guidance to user-selected needs—without diagnosing the user or taking control away.
Clear labels prevent a personal observation, design hypothesis, prototype result, and peer-reviewed finding from being treated as if they carry the same level of evidence.
Claims traced to identifiable peer-reviewed or authoritative sources.
First-person experience presented with context, not generalized to everyone.
A proposed relationship or design direction that is not yet a finding.
A documented outcome with its method, limitations, and next question.
The goal is not to create one interface for every neurodivergent person. The goal is to design systems that acknowledge variation and give people meaningful control.
TIO2 Inc. is open to thoughtful collaboration with autistic and neurodivergent people, caregivers, educators, designers, technologists, researchers, organizations, and brands working on related questions.
