On your planet...

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How would things be done differently on your planet (or on this planet, if you ran it)?

There are two things I often fantasize about:

1) Rest rooms: Public venues would have rest rooms that were actually for resting. They would be small soundproofed rooms with lights that could be dimmed and a soft bench to sit or lie down on. This would be helpful for people suffering sensory or social overwhelm, as well as for people with physical ailments that required them to rest.

2) Invisibility hats: There would be a social convention that if someone was wearing a red hat, you would not try to interact with them any more than absolutely necessary. This would allow people to go out even when they were not up to social interactions without having to fear other people demanding their attention. They could even, say, go grocery shopping, and the cashier would tell them their total and give them change if necessary, but would otherwise refrain from talking to them. Some people would probably want to wear a red hat all the time, while other people would only do it some of the time.

Also, on my planet, all machines, such as cars, motorcycles, lawnmowers, and leaf blowers, would be required to be as quiet as possible.

(ETA: This thread is for autism-related and similar things, not for general political brainstorming.)

Yeah, motor and other machine noises would be strictly controlled.
No jokes.
No gender roles. Probably not an autism thing but that's very important to me.

Sensory aids (like earplugs, sunglasses, etc.) would be a "normal" thing to use.

Stim toys wouldn't be seen as "immature" or as a distraction.

Subtitles would be commonly used and most forms of media would provide them.

Giving detailed descriptions + visual demonstrations would be the default when explaining things to other people.

One minor change would be to replace all the back-up alarms with back-up cameras, returning the responsibility to the driver.
One medium change would be to throw out all the copyright and patent laws, and their army of lawyers, and replace them with a database showing who contributed to the growth of original work that got copied, and paying them small sums from the public purse to recognize them, and kick-start any further R&D fundraising.
One major change would be to limit the range of personal wealth to one order of magnitude. Nobody needs more, and nobody deserves less. (ascetics excepted) The range of talent is greater, but talent works for self-expression, and is inhibited by large financial risk. The advent of crowd-sourcing has made millionaires obsolete as a source of funds for research, etc.

^^ I'll second that. "We were learning what to think instead of how." -
Jon Sirkis, "Think for Yourself"

On the wealth limits, I'm expecting a fairly narrow bell curve, with the great majority close enough that they could easily relate to each other, and not worry about locking doors. The others proposing limits have gone for 1:4, but there's always a few weirdos, and I'd rather not interfere overmuch.

No gender roles
Everyone who wants a job would have one
Everyone who wants a home would have one
Free Internet
Solar powered houses and apartments
Motor vehicles would be electric and quiet

Well this thread quickly turned into junk, it would appear . Imho .

All vehicles on my planet would be eerily quiet, except maybe a robotic "excuse me" to let you know if you're in the way. They would be slow, but very, very reliable / punctual.

All buildings would have excellent sound insulation as standard. Possibly recording studio grade.

Even in the biggest cities, you would never be more than 300 paces from a peaceful green park with plenty of benches.

Town libraries would be built on the scale of your average palace, and be clearly zoned into "talking areas" and "non-talking areas".

A nod with averted eyes would be accepeted as a polite and respectful form of greeting.

I should add that there would be widely available and easily accessible public transportation "on my planet".

I would love to never have to worry about driving or being in a car. There's also a lot of autistic or otherwise disabled people who can't drive.