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Zazzi and Faragher explored autistic students’ views of classroom “visual clutter.” Their findings identified themes including colour palette, feature congestion, affordances, and spatial size, each linked to negative emotional responses from the students. The study supports involving autistic pupils in classroom design decisions and reducing overwhelming visual input.

Zazzi, H., & Faragher, R. (2018). “Visual clutter” in the classroom: Voices of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 64(3), 212–224. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2018.1468619