PRESENTATIONS & ARTICLES
Making sense in a fragmentary world. Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorders. power point presentation
Prof. dr. Ilse Noens
Is assistant professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the KU-Leuven Belgium and visiting researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (USA). Former assistant professor in Clinical Child and Adolescent Studies at the Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Universal Design (and autism) power point presentation
Prof. drs. Hubert Froyen
Is professor in architecture at the University College Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg, and initiator of the Belgian Universal Design Education Project
Evaluation of the impact of autism specific accommodation on children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) power point presentation
Teresa Whitehurst
Research and Development Officer at Sunfield Research Institute
Architecture: Taking autism into account or not? ( case study) full text
Simon Humphreys
A qualified architect who has designed a number of buildings for people with ASD, including schools, residential units and day care facilities. He also has an older
brother with ASD.
Designing learning spaces for children on the autism spectrum full text
Iain Scott
is an architect and in this paper he sets out the key criteria which need to be borne in mind when designing learning environments for children on the autism spectrum. He illustrates these points by looking in detail at four newly created units and schools. It is a very rich paper and will be a great asset to architects, designers, teaching staff and pupils involved in creating effective spaces where children feel comfortable and within which they enhance their learning potential.
They Eyes of the Mind. Architecture and Mental Disability full text
BAUMERS Stijn, HEYLIGHEN Ann (2009) “The Eyes of the Mind. Architecture & Mental Disability”, NORDES’09, 3rd Nordic Design Research Conference, Oslo, August 30-Sept 1, 2009, 4 p.
An architecture for autism: Concepts of design intervention for the autistic full text
Magda Mostafa (2008): Canadian born, Egyptian Magda Mostafa is Associate Professor of Design at the Department of Architectural Engineering at Cairo University where she has taught since 1996. Graduating from Cairo University her doctoral dissertation focused on architectural design for children with special needs. In 2004, in association with Progressive Architects, she completed the design of the Advance School for Children with Autism in Qattemeya, Cairo. Magda Mostafa is an active member of the Union of International Architects and represents UIA, the International Union of Architects, on the jury.
Advancing full spectrum housing: Designing for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders full text
Advancing Full Spectrum Housing: Design for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders was researched and written by Sherry Ahrentzen, PhD, and Kim Steele. Funding for the research was provided by Urban Land Institute Arizona and Pivotal Foundation. (2009)
