RECORDING INTERVIEWS FOR AUTISM

TODAY IS THE DAY WE CONDUCT INTERVIEWS

A balance between getting professional quality and trying to provide interviewees with a safe, comfortable environment.

Using room 118 rather than the sound booth because it gives us more space for the amount of people we'll be interviewing, also two rooms so we can have one as a soundproofed recording zone and the other as a more relaxed, informal space for eating biscuits and waiting for their turn.

To counter the scary nature of a 'waiting room', we've set up a table with snacks and also rented a Disney film from the library to be playing as people come in.

I definitely think that the atmosphere of the room and the comfort of the interviewees is as important as what they say: we're dealing with a really sensitive subject and some of these interviewees struggle with communication because of their autism, so we need to make sure that they don't feel threatened or pressured at all.