Impact X Alumni in the Charleston Regional Business Journal

Charleston startup rates businesses on sensory triggers, accessibility

Many mobile apps let visitors rate restaurants, bars and tourist attractions on a five-star scale based on service, value or cleanliness, but a new app called SAFE-ROAM, created by College of Charleston students and graduates Noah Futch, Madison Gardner, Nicole Nelson and Tyler Smithhart will let users rate businesses on sensory triggers like noise and lighting and accessibility for patrons with disabilities.

Created through the college’s Impact X Startup Accelerator Program, the lightbulb moment came when a member of the team recalled that a family member with autism struggled to find places to eat and visit due to unknown sensory level triggers which could provide a stressful environment.

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