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		<title>Sustainable Architecture Series: Architecture for Autism</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>June 2018</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Author: KIM Zhao Wei</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A very inspiring talked conducted by Ar. Mumtazah binti Mustajab, who is an engaging architect in this special need architecture design and a mother to a young autistic child. She mentioned that autism is a disorder that should not be overlooked due to the exponential growth in recent years. Unfortunately, Malaysia has yet to pick up the pace to deliver feasible solutions to this issue.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Personally, I had encountered and engaged with some autistic people. They have the disorder that disables them to interact and carry out daily life routine independently. They need special care and intervention whereby they are taught with skills that enable them to live independently. However, in Malaysia, there are little awareness regarding this disorder and having such non-typical offspring resulted in family confusion, disagreement and even fight.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are several obvious symptoms that resemble an autistic person. If we encounter such person, do show more patience and understanding towards them.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">With such non-typical behaviors, there are special needs that have to be delivered when designing their home. There are a few highlights of design consideration which are the stimulants, the age group and also the therapies. The stimulants should be taken seriously by the architect for the home of autistic.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Environmental stimulants such as light, smell, noise and touch can be devastating if excessive (the scale at which most of the time is acceptable to the typical person) but will be helpful if they are trained to perceive and manage the stimulants.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Lighting</u> shall not be glaring and the slight flickering of lights should be avoided as this will affect their mood. The <u>color</u> decision also affects their performance like blue will bring calm and focus while red will bring out the energetic part of them. The visual <u>infographic</u> is also used to communicate with them better as some may not have good literacy. <u>Smell and noise</u> from the surrounding should be well controlled to enable them to focus in their learning environment. <u>Textures</u> of surrounding should also be emphasized and well thought as they need to be trained to perceive a different kind of touch sensation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Some other things to avoid are:</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Hard edged corner</strong> &#8211; during meltdown period (where they lose their control over emotion and react aggressively without conscious or having fit), soft edge and soft surface reduce casualty.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Complicated coloring scheme or pattern scheme</strong> &#8211; they are visually sensitive and will be distracted (for hours) for an out of norm design pattern. Only use glaring colors on those items that desired for their attention.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Horizontal elements</strong> &#8211; horizontal elements like glass louvers or railing pattern will enable them to climb. Without the sense of danger, this will directly threaten the safety of the autistic.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Here are some advice and suggestion from the speaker:</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Engage the child as a family (both father and mother). The child will be needing a complete family to grow and learn. There may be fights and disagreement between the spouse, but it should be done out of the child&#8217;s sight. Besides being a prevention of leaving scars and shadows within the child&#8217;s mind, the good behavior of parents (every part) will be mimicked by the child. Thus, the parents are as well as the mold of the child and what the child become is very dependable to the form of the parents provided.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Always keep in mind to make the child ready to live independently (with minimal supervision). The child has to be equipped with basic skills to be independent. There will be a point whereby the parents will no longer capable of taking care of the child due to the cruelty of aging. With this impending reality, the parents need to slowly let go of their child and wish them the best. However, this is indeed very hard for the parents as our natural instinct is to love our child unconditionally.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">However, most of the parents in Malaysia had yet to achieve this level of mindset whereby they are willing to let their kids leave and live alone. This is due to the current condition of the country unable to provide a suitable environment for the autistic adult to live and be consistently supervise. Thus, this leads to low confidence towards the child to be able to survive in the harsh world and also the acceptance of the community.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Regardless of that, the possibility of letting the autistic to be independent may be achievable to have a small community of autistic friendly residential with attached healthcare facilities, personal and also professionals that could help and facilitate the autistics to carry out daily life activities, without the constant need of their parents to be around. Nonetheless, this will be a long journey and large efforts have to be committed to enable such feat to take off and benefit the autistics.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">From this lecture, I had gained a lot of insight. I hope through this afterthought sharing, I could contribute to the raising of awareness about this amazing group of people, with hidden potential and yet awaits to be discovered as gems of the world.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Kim Zhao Wei</strong><br />
Graduate Architect<br />
IPM Professional Services Sdn Bhd</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Pengarang: KIM Zhao Wei | 28 Jun, 2018</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Ceramah yang sangat memberi inspirasi oleh oleh Ar. Mumtazah binti Mustajab, yang merupakan seorang arkitek dalam reka bentuk seni bina bagi keperluan-keperluan khas dan seorang ibu kepada seorang anak kecil autistic. Beliau menyatakan bahawa gangguan autism adalah satu perkara yang tidak boleh diendahkan kerana terdapat peningkatan pertumbuhan beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini. Malangnya, Malaysia masih belum mengambil langkah yabg positif dalam mencari penyelesaian kepada isu ini.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Secara peribadi, saya pernah berjumpa dan terlibat dengan beberapa orang autistic. Mereka mempunyai satu gangguan yang menghalang mereka dari berinteraksi dan menjalankan aktiviti seharian secara berdikari. Mereka memerlukan penjagaan khas di mana mereka diajar dengan kemahiran-kemahiran asas bagi membolehkan mereka hidup secara berdikari. Walaubagaimanapun, masih terdapat kekurangan kesedaran di Malaysia bagi gangguan penyakit ini dan memiliki anak yang luar biasa seperti ini menyebabkan kebimbangan keluarga, perselisihan pendapat dan pergaduhan.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Terdapat beberapa simptom yang menyerupai seorang autistic yang boleh dikenalpasti dengan jelas. Jika kita terserempak dengan orang sebegini, cuba untuk bersikap dengan sabar dan memahami terhadap mereka.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://ipm.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Sustainable-Architecture-Series-Architecture-for-Autism-Pic-2.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6013" src="https://ipm.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Sustainable-Architecture-Series-Architecture-for-Autism-Pic-2.jpg" alt="Sustainable Architecture Series - Architecture for Autism" width="1105" height="1500" srcset="https://ipm.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Sustainable-Architecture-Series-Architecture-for-Autism-Pic-2.jpg 1105w, https://ipm.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Sustainable-Architecture-Series-Architecture-for-Autism-Pic-2-221x300.jpg 221w, https://ipm.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Sustainable-Architecture-Series-Architecture-for-Autism-Pic-2-710x964.jpg 710w, https://ipm.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Sustainable-Architecture-Series-Architecture-for-Autism-Pic-2-480x652.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 1105px" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dengan sikap mereka yang bukan tipikal, terdapat keperluan-keperluan khas yang perlu diketahui apabila merekabentuk rumah mereka. Terdapat beberapa keperluan rekabentuk yang perlu diketengahkan, iaitu, ciri rangsangan, kumpulan umur dan juga terapi-terapi berkaitan. Perkaraperkara rangsangan perlu diambil kira secara serius oleh arkitek untuk merekabentuk rumah autistik.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Rangsangan sekitar seperti cahaya, bau, bunyi dan sentuhan yang berlebihan boleh memberi kesan buruk (pada skala di mana sebahagian besarnya boleh diterima oleh orang biasa) tetapi ianya boleh membantu jika mereka telah dilatih untuk mengendalikan rangsangan tersebut.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pencahayaan</span> tidak boleh terlalu silau dan kerlipan cahaya walaupun sedikit harus dielakkan kerana ianya akan mempengaruhi emosi mereka. Pemilhan <span style="text-decoration: underline;">warna</span> juga akan memberi kesan kepada prestasi mereka, seperti warna biru memberi ketenangan dan fokus, manakala warna merah akan membawa sifat bertenaga dalam diri mereka. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Infografik</span> visual juga digunakan untuk berkomunikasi dengan mereka dengan lebih baik kerana sebilangannya mungkin tidak mempunyai perhubungan Bahasa yang baik. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bau dan bunyi</span> persekitaran harus dikawal dengan baik bagi membolehkan mereka fokus dalam persekitaran pembelajaran mereka. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Tekstur</span> persekitaran juga harus ditekankan dan difikirkan dengan baik kerana mereka perlu dilatih untuk merasakan kesan sentuhan yang berbeza.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Beberapa perkara yang perlu dielakkan adalah:</p>
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<li><strong>Bucu tajam</strong> – ketika mereka dalam keadaan yang tidak terkawal (disebabkan gangguan emosi dan bertindak agresif tanpa sedar), bucu yang tidak tajam dan permukaan yang lembut dapat mengurangkan kecederaan.</li>
<li><strong>Skema warna atau corak yang rumit</strong> – mereka selalunya sensitif terhadap visual dan akan terganggu (berjam-jam) disebabkan rekabentuk corak yang luar biasa. Warna-warna terang Cuma digunakan pada barang-barang yang memerlukan perhatian mereka.</li>
<li><strong>Elemen melintang</strong> – elemen-elemen secara melintang seperti kekisi kaca dan corak pagar akan menggalakkan mereka memanjat. Tanpa sebarang rasa bahaya, ini akan membahayakan keselamatan mereka.</li>
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<p>Berikut adalah nasihat dan cadangan daripada penceramah:</p>
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<li>Penglibatan anak sebagai ahli keluarga (kedua-dua ibu bapa). Anak tersebut memerlukan keluarga yang lengkap untuk membesar dan belajar. Mungkin akan terdapat pergaduhan dan perselisihan pendapat antara suami isteri, namun ia perlu dijauhkan dari visual anakanak. Selain mengelakkan dari memberi pengalaman buruk kepada minda anak-anak, perlakuan ibu bapa yang baik (setiap tingkah laku) akan ditiru oleh anak tersebut. Jadi, selain ibu bapa sebagai acuan mereka sendiri dan apa yang berlaku terhadap mereka nanti sangat bergantung kepada pembentukan keperluan ibu bapa itu sendiri.</li>
<li>Sentiasa ingat untuk menjadikan anak itu bersedia untuk hidup secara berdikari (dengan pemerhatian yang minimum). Anak tersebut perlu dilengkapi dengan kemahiran asas untuk berdikari. Akan sampai suatu masa di mana ibu bapa tidak mampu lagi untuk menjaga mereka disebabkan umur yang lanjut. Dengan reality ini, ibu bapa harus melepaskan anak mereka dan membiarkan mereka hidup sendiri. Namun begitu, perkara ini bukanlah sesuatu yang mudah bagi ibu bapa itu sendiri kerana naluri mereka menyayangi anak tanpa batasan.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Walaubagaimanapun, kebanyakan ibu bapa di Malaysia masih belum dapat mencapai pemikiran sebegini di mana mereka sanggup melepaskan anak mereka hidup sendirian. Ini adalah disebabkan keadaan negara yang masih belum mempu untuk menyediakan persekitaran yang sesuai untuk austistik dewasa untuk hidup dan diperhati secara konsisten. Oleh itu, ini menyebabkan anak-anak tersebut kurang berkeyakinan untuk hidup dalam dunia yang kurang prihatin dan juga tahap penerimaan masyarakat.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Namun begitu, kemungkinan untuk golongan autistik berdikari boleh dicapai jika wujudnya komuniti kecil bagi perumahan mesra autistik dengan kemudahan pusat penjagaan yang berhampiran, penjaga persendirian dan profesional yang dapat membantu dan menyelia autistik tersebut untuk menjalani aktiviti kehidupan seharian tanpa kehadiran ibu bapa mereka. Meskipun demikian, ianya akan menjadi satu perjalanan yang panjang dan satu usaha besar harus dilakukan dan komited untuk menjayakanya dan akhirnya memberi manfaat kepada golongan autistik.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Daripada ceramah ini, saya telah mendapat banyak inspirasi. Saya harap melalui perkongsian ini, saya dapat memberikan sumbangan untuk meningkatkan kesedaran mengenai kumpulan orang yang luar biasa ini, dengan potensi yang masih tersembunyi dan menunggu untuk dikenali sebagai permata dunia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>KIM Zhao Wei</strong><br />
Arkitek Graduan<br />
IPM Professional Services Sdn Bhd</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; font-size: 13px;"><em>**This Malay translation is for reference only. If the meaning of the Malay translation is inconsistent with the original English version, the original English version shall prevail.</em></p>
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