EditorialTracey McCann opens the blinds inside a group activity room at the Sana Lake Behavioral Wellness Center, where she is in recovery from tranq dope, in Maryland Heights, Mo. on Dec. 5, 2022. (Neeta Satam/The New York Times)
EditorialLaura Liffiton, a traveling nurse, closes the blinds in her hotel room around 3:00 a.m., to make sure she can sleep through the sunrise, on Nov. 21, 2020 in Green Bay, Wis. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
EditorialVanessa Flyer with her son Julian, 3, who is on the autism spectrum and sensitive to sound and light, among other things, in his bedroom, where Flyer put up a quiet nook for him, in Brooklyn, Jan. 17, 2020. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)