My younger cousin used to shut down in places most people don't think twice about. A loud waiting room. A busy restaurant. Somewhere unfamiliar, where nobody explained what was happening next. I watched him go from excited to overwhelmed in minutes — not because anything was wrong with him, but because the world around him wasn't built for the way he experiences it. Nobody on staff knew what to do. Nobody slowed down. He just had to get through it. I started SensoryReady because I kept thinking about all the kids like him — kids who deserve to walk into a dentist's office or a barbershop and actually feel okay, not just tolerated. Actually welcome. Every kid should be able to go somewhere and feel safe enough to just be themselves. I just kept thinking about my cousin, and about all the other kids like him, and I couldn't stop thinking — why hasn't anyone fixed this? So I decided to try. SensoryReady trains and certifies local businesses to create sensory-friendly environments. We work with dentists, barbers, restaurants — places families go every week. The training takes one hour. The certification costs businesses nothing. Because if we charged for it, fewer businesses would do it, which would defeat the whole point. The point is to make the Triangle more welcoming. One business at a time.