Built Environment Design and People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Scoping Review

Giulia Tola, Valentina Talu, Tanja Congiu, Paul Bain and Jutta Lindert
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Giulia Tola: Department of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Valentina Talu: Department of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Tanja Congiu: Department of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Paul Bain: Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02115, USA
Jutta Lindert: Department of Social Work and Health, University of Applied Science Emden/Leer, 26723 Emden, Germany

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 6, 1-15

Abstract: Built environment design can be considered as an influential factor in the quality of life of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This scoping review provides an overview of the current available literature on the relationship between people with ASD and built environment in the specific field of the design of autism-friendly spaces. The literature review allowed the identification of three main factors to be considered when designing for people with ASD—the sensory quality, the intelligibility, and the predictability of the built environment—and, for each of them, a description of the spatial requirements that have been recognized as fundamental according to the specific spatial needs of people with ASD.

Keywords: built environment; autism spectrum disorder; spatial requirements; scoping review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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