The Autism ASPECTSS Design Index, published in 2013, is a research-based framework of 7 design concepts facilitative of architectures for autism. These 7 concepts are: Acoustics, Spatial Sequencing, Escape, Compartmentalisation, Transition, Sensory zoning and Safety. The following map documents the footprint and the impact of this index on architectural scholarship, research, production and discussion across the globe through our own practice, intellectual discourse, student's work and other architectural practices, all informed by the ASPECTSS conceptual framework.

ASPECTSS* | THE DESIGN INDEX

ASPECTSS* | THE IMPACT

ASPECTSS* | SENSORY DECOLONISATION | AUTISTIC ESCAPE

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Sensory Decolonisation | Venice Biennale 2023

THE AUTISM FRIENDLY DESIGN GUIDE, MAGDA MOSTAFA

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AUTISM DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE FOR ALL- IQD-65, GUEST EDITOR, MAGDA MOSTAFA

ASPECTSS* AT THE VENICE BIENNALE 2021

ASPECTSS* | THE IMPACT | LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS AROUND THE WORLD

The Autism ASPECTSS* Design Index has been presented at Keynote addresses and invited lectures at Harvard Graduate School of Design, the National Autistic Society's Design Conference in London, AsIAm National Autism Conference in Dublin Ireland, The Autism Forum in Zurich Switzerland and as an architectural mobile workshop at SAP's Autism@Work Summit at the Els Center for Excellence in Jupiter Florida.