Once the report structure became more settled, I started working on the contents page.

This sounds like a small layout task, but it forced me to check whether the argument was actually organised clearly enough for someone else to navigate.

Creating a Clear Hierarchy

I decided to use numbered chapters and subsections so the relationship between the larger sections and the individual arguments is visible.

The main structure is Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Findings and Discussion, Conclusion and Reference List.

Within the literature review and findings sections, I then use numbered subsections to break the argument into more specific areas.

Literature Review Sections

The literature review is structured around neurodiversity and individual variability, independence and autonomy, sensory processing and airport accessibility, and physiological sensing and responsive support.

This sequence mirrors the way the argument narrows from the wider conceptual context into the emerging technological direction.

Findings and Discussion Sections

The findings then move through independence and control, unpredictability and fluctuating support needs, sensoryscape and self-regulation, fragmented travel systems, regulation as a design focus, physiological arousal and biosensing, and finally bioresponsive technology.

I like this structure because it makes the development of the design proposition visible.

The contents page should show the logic of the report before the reader has even read the first paragraph.

Keeping the Titles Clear

I tried to avoid overly clever section titles.

The report already contains unfamiliar terminology, so the headings need to help rather than create another layer of interpretation.

Clear titles also make it easier for me to check whether each section is doing a distinct job.

Page Numbers Later

I am keeping the page numbers flexible until the final layout is locked.

There is no point repeatedly updating them while the text and image placement are still changing.

For now, the main priority is getting the hierarchy and wording correct.

What This Helped Me Notice

Building the contents page made a few overlaps much more obvious.

If two section titles appeared to be saying almost the same thing, I needed to check whether the content itself was repetitive.

The contents page therefore became a useful editing tool rather than only a navigation page.

If the structure is difficult to explain in the contents, the argument probably still needs simplifying.