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Developing Stimulus Shelters for Autistic Children

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Introduction

On December 18, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared that April 2 would be known as World Autism Awareness Day. On this day, Members of the United Nations are encouraged to take measures for understanding the characteristics of individuals with ASD (autism spectrum disorders). While awareness of the needs of school-aged children with Autism is growing, the development of competencies related to creating the types of spaces that facilitate and support their specific needs has been placed on the back burner. This may be due to the lack of specific information on how to design learning environments for these individuals. This entry offers insight into how to curate rooms and spaces outside classrooms in schools for children with ASD.

Understanding Children with ASD

Children with ASD tend to be particularly sensitive to:

  • Sensory stimuli

  • Different and unusual routines

  • Changes to their physical environments

In addition to these sensitivities, they have difficulties...

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Acknowledgements

This contribution is a partial output of the project supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 18 K04528.

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  1. Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kure College, Kure, Japan

    Reiko Shimokura

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  1. Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, Beijing, China

    Michael A. Peters

  2. Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Richard Heraud

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  1. La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC, Australia

    Peter C. Lippman

  2. Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, City College, CUNY, New York, NY, USA

    Elizabeth Matthews

  3. University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Wesley Imms

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Shimokura, R. (2021). Developing Stimulus Shelters for Autistic Children. In: Peters, M.A., Heraud, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Innovation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2262-4_248-1

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