About GentlePlaces

A dental appointment, a haircut, a birthday party: for a lot of families these everyday things take more planning than a holiday. The information that decides them — is there a quiet waiting room, a first appointment of the day, a social story you can read the night before — is scattered across venue websites, PDFs, and parent-group posts, and the big map apps have no way to filter for any of it.

GentlePlaces puts that information in one place, category by category and city by city: dentists, barbers and salons, attractions, film screenings, restaurants and party venues, and the national programs ( supermarket quiet hours, sensory film screenings) that run every week. Every attribute on a listing is a specific provision — lights dimmed, music off, a cap on numbers, sensory bags at a named desk — with the source it came from and the date we last checked it.

We describe provisions, not vibes. A listing here is never a promise that a visit will go well, and our tiers are not a certification: they say where the information came from, nothing more. Families judge fit for themselves, with better facts than a search results page gives them.

Who runs it

GentlePlaces is an independent directory run by a small publisher in New Jersey. It is not a certification body, is not affiliated with KultureCity, IBCCES, or any venue listed, and does not speak for the autistic community — it organises information venues publish about themselves, and labels where every fact came from.

The short version of our rules

Our tiers (A: Confirmed on official source · B: Business-attested · C: Community-reported) describe where information came from — they are NOT a certification, ours or anyone else’s. We report specific provisions and let you judge.

How listings are documented: Methodology · How we handle mistakes: Accuracy policy and Corrections · Talk to us: Contact

Disclaimer

Sensory provisions, quiet hours, and programs change without notice. Information here is sourced and dated, but always confirm with the venue before visiting — especially before travelling for a scheduled sensory program.