Introductory White Paper on Designing for People with Autism (10-30-14)
Lamin-Art has prepared a handy introduction to designing spaces that support people with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Lamin-Art has prepared a handy introduction to designing spaces that support people with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
A new design protocol - that works!
People with ASD or ADHD live better lives when places and objects they use are designed to reflect how they experience their physical world.
The BBC recently reported on a school being built for autistic students in England.
Autistic environments often aim to lower stimulary distractors, but sensory enrichment should not be overlooked.
New research suggests that people developing spaces that will be used by autistic people, for example, as classrooms, should insure that those areas are pet friendly.
Research recently completed by the Interactive Autism Network and lead by Dr. Paul Law, indicates that nearly half, of children with autism wander – or run- out of their homes, schools, etc., “and more than half of these children go missing.”
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People with autism spectrum disorders often wander.
Autistic school-age children have been found to be good at visual searchers in small-scale settings such as on a computer screen, and Pellicano and her associates tested whether these skills extended to more true-to-life settings.