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SENSEwellbeing · The well-being of the sensitive: indoor environment and well-being of people with autism

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2022-08-08 → 2024-08-07
Финансиране от ЕС: 230 774 €
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Схема: HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

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Накратко на български

Влиянието на вътрешната среда – като светлина, шум и температура – върху благосъстоянието на хора с аутизъм се анализира чрез измервания и анкети. Резултатите ще помогнат за създаването на стандарти за проектиране на по-включващи и подходящи пространства за чувствителните хора.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

The well-being of the sensitive: indoor environment and well-being of people with autism

Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC)* needs to be considered in building design. First and foremost, this is due to the fact that the number of ASC diagnoses has been rising in recent years, with WHO estimating that about 1 % of children is autistic worldwide. Due to their sensitivity to sensorial stimuli (e.g. hyper- or hypo-sensitivity), autistic people might perceive the environment differently, leading to different requirements in terms of indoor conditions (thermal, visual, acoustic and Indoor Air Quality – IAQ). Nevertheless, standards and guidelines for indoor design typically address average populations, and there is little knowledge in the literature about how the indoor environment affects autistic people. SENSEwellbeing addresses exactly this. In living labs and field studies, measurements of environmental parameters (thermo-hygrometric, visual, acoustic, IAQ), subjective questionnaire surveys and tests of performance have been conducted. It was found that autistic people are more affected by discomfort conditions and crossover of senses if compared with non-autistic participants. SENSEwellbeing is significant for the scientific community, designers and industry: it offers inputs to develop standards and guidelines to be used for the future design of inclusive indoor environments for autistic and sensitive occupants. * The report was written following the language acceptability recommendations of Autism-Europe (https://www.autismeurope.org/aboutautism/acceptable-language/). In compliance with that, the term “condition” was preferred to “disorder”. Additionally, the identity-first language was promoted, as frequently preferred by the autistic community, as autism is considered by many autistic individuals as an important and inherent identity part (https://search3.openobjects.com/mediamanager/cumbria/fsd/files/consultation_report_-_how_we_speak_about_autism_across_county_council_and_nhs_services_in_cumbria_-_identity_first_language_.pdf).

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

People with autism deserve more attention to their needs for indoor comfort and well-being. Due to their sensitivity to the 5-senses stimuli, they might perceive the environment differently. Moreover, some individuals with high-severity autism might have difficulties to properly respond to environmental stimuli, and therefore to adapt to the environmental conditions. Nevertheless, standards and guidelines typically address average standard populations, and little knowledge is present in the literature about how the indoor environment affects the well-being of people with autism, especially from the indoor environment and comfort engineering perspective. This knowledge gap has motivated SENSEwellbeing, in which we aim to perform an extensive study on indoor well-being of people with autism. Objective measurements of environmental parameters, behavioral monitoring and subjective questionnaire surveys will be conducted in a living lab and in field studies, allowing to: 1. Compare the perception of multi-domain environmental exposures of adults and adolescents with low-severity autism with a control group, in a living lab; 2. Verify the results conducted in the laboratory in every-day life environments and with individuals with a higher severity of autism; 3. Study adaptive strategies, depending on autism severity and co-morbidities; 4. Apply and validate a methodology based on third-party observations, to survey the environmental well-being of people with communicative difficulties; 5. Associate the responses to individual characteristics (gender, age, cultural background, health-status). SENSEwellbeing will be significant for the scientific community, designers and industry: it will offer inputs to extend and refine models, standards and guidelines to be used for the design of comfortable environments for people with autism, as well as to develop home automation systems to improve well-being, safety and autonomy of people with autism and special needs in general.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET · Kongens LyngbyКоординаторДания