The city of images. Urban mobility policies and extra-small tactical projects for promoting quality of urban life of people with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

Residential design for adults on the autism spectrum: a scoping review

“…Living independently, then, was defined as living out of one's parents' home (Atsmon et al ., 2019; Denhardt, 2017). At the bigger scale, multiple types of visual support and spatial organization were proposed by Congiu et al . (2018), and corridors of supporting services were proposed by Decker (2014) to enable the independence of autistic adults living in cities.…”

“…Some studies investigated autistic perspectives, yet family members filled in the questionnaire (Chan, 2018; Selcer et al ., 2015). Many other studies and discussions did not mention direct contact with a person with autism even though the design guidelines and discussion were about them and for them (Gaines et al ., 2016; Ahrentzen et al ., 2009; Ahrentzen and Steele, 2009; Steele and Ahrentzen, 2015; Congiu et al ., 2018; Beaver, 2006; Mostafa, 2010; Henry, 2011). Knowledge about autistic people's perspectives mostly relied on narratives from third-person accounts like family members and care professionals.…”

“…Existing design guidelines were further explored at different scales as design proposals. Congiu et al (2018), for example, made recommendations for reducing acoustic impact of traffic and using visual supports in urban extra-small tactical projects. Chan (2018) proposed an autism village where autistic adults are encouraged to work with their passions.…”