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At home with autism : designing housing for the spectrum /
Grounded in an extensive array of research sources, this valuable book introduces readers to conditions and aspirations of adults on the autism spectrum that demand a new approach to how we provide, locate, design and develop homes in which they live.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
[2015].
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- At home with Autism
- CONTENTS
- FIGURES AND TABLES
- Figures
- Tables
- ABBREVIATIONS
- TERMINOLOGY
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- Why this book now?
- Numbers and names
- Adults on the spectrum and in the community
- Residential alternatives
- or lack of
- Costs and competition of care and support services
- Advocacy and choice
- 2. A RESEARCH-INFORMED APPROACH FOR HOUSING DESIGN
- EBP in autism interventions
- EBP in environmental design: evidence-based design
- Our approach in this book
- Search protocol
- Assessing source information
- Documenting source information
- 3. QUALITY OF LIFE DESIGN GOALS
- 4. DESIGN GUIDELINES
- Neighborhood design guidelines
- OVERALL HOME
- OUTDOOR SPACE
- FLOORPLAN STRATEGIES
- ENTRY
- LIVING ROOM
- DINING AREAS
- KITCHEN
- HALLWAYS, STAIRS, RAMPS & DOORWAYS
- BEDROOMS
- BATHROOMS
- MULTI-SENSORY ENVIRONMENTS
- LAUNDRY ROOMS
- STORAGE
- SUPPORT PROVIDER OFFICE
- VENTILATION
- HEATING AND COOLING
- LIGHTING
- APPLIANCES
- ACOUSTICS
- TECHNOLOGY
- MATERIALS
- 5. ON THE HORIZON
- Introduction
- New visions of housing types and models
- Smart technologies for independent living
- New directions in self-advocacy for housing choice
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX. RESEARCH AND INFORMATION SOURCES USED IN DEVELOPING GOALS AND GUIDELINES
- CHAPTER FOUR IMAGE SOURCES
- INDEX.