dc.contributor.author | Steele, Natalie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-28T12:56:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-28T12:56:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-08-28T12:56:45Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/79747 | |
dc.description.abstract | People with Autism Spectrum Disorder are not properly accommodated in the built environment, societal daily life, and medical services. Autism is a behaviourally defined disorder based on impairments in social-emotional relationships, and restricted patterns of behaviours, interests or activities. Remaining unaware of the disorder fractures a person’s with autism relationship with neurotypical people; diverging an autism “my” world and neurotypical “their” world. To merge the two worlds, the thesis has three architectural goals utilizing the Autism ASPECTSS Design Index for a new “our” world: to encourage interaction, spread awareness, and teach autism resilience skills for unsettling environments. The building, located in Gorsebrook Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a three tier learning centre that provides knowledge and services for the public, professionals, and people with autism. The resulting “our” world advances the concept of inclusive design; intertwining different groups that require support to meaningfully engage and understand each other. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Architecture | en_US |
dc.subject | Nova Scotia | en_US |
dc.subject | Education | en_US |
dc.subject | Autism Spectrum Disorder | en_US |
dc.subject | Autism ASPECTSS Design Index | en_US |
dc.title | "MY vs THEIR World": "OUR World" Learning Network for Autism Spectrum Disorder | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2020-06-24 | |
dc.contributor.department | School of Architecture | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Architecture | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Nichole Wiedemann | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Steve Parcell | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Cristina Verissimo | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Susan Fitzgerald | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |