Department of Economics and Business Administration, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.
School of Architecture, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 21;19(9):5037. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095037.
The quality of life of people diagnosed as having Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is essential for increasing their self-reliance and reducing their communication problems in order to allow them to work, take care of themselves, and develop a capacity to intercommunicate with their surroundings. Their need to organize their day-to-day and workplace surroundings has been addressed in the literature via long-term intervention programs aimed to imbue people with ASD with interpersonal communication capabilities. Yet, there is still a gap in the literature regarding new design methods aimed at creating a safe and friendly environment adapted to the needs of people with ASD. Therefore, this study has two objectives: (1) to shed light on the existing factors and methods related to workplaces designed to be friendly to people with ASD, specifically adults, through a natural language processing (NLP) analysis of existing scientific papers in the field of architecture and design; and (2) to explore the factors that might assist in improving the design and architecture of adaptive spaces for people with ASD by analyzing a corpus of experts' documents. The study findings and their implications are analyzed and discussed.
诊断患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的人的生活质量对于提高他们的自理能力和减少他们的沟通问题至关重要，以便让他们能够工作、照顾自己，并发展与周围环境进行互动的能力。文献中已经通过旨在为 ASD 患者灌输人际交往能力的长期干预计划来解决他们组织日常生活和工作场所环境的需求。然而，在旨在创造安全友好的环境以适应 ASD 患者需求的新设计方法方面，文献中仍然存在差距。因此，本研究有两个目标：（1）通过对建筑和设计领域现有科学论文进行自然语言处理（NLP）分析，阐明现有关爱 ASD 患者（特别是成年人）的工作场所的现有因素和方法；（2）通过分析专家文件语料库，探讨有助于改进 ASD 患者适应空间设计和建筑的因素。对研究结果及其影响进行了分析和讨论。
