Award-Winning Book on Designing Architecture and Interiors for ASDs

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Designing for Autism Spectrum Disorders by Kristi Gaines, Angela Bourne, Michelle Pearson, and Mesha Kleibrink draws on multidisciplinary research to show the impact of environmental factors on persons with ASDs and other intellectual/developmental disabilities, and how good design can enhance positive effects and minimize negative ones through the right choice of colors, lighting, spaces, textures, acoustics, and ventilation. Winner of the 2017 IDEC Book Award, 2017 EDRA Great Places Award (Book Category), 2017 American Society of Interior Designers Joel Polsky Prize and the 2016 International Interior Design Association TXOK Research Award.