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Design for All Senses: Architecture and Cognitive Learning for the Visually Impaired

Authors : Lim Poh Im, Khoo Qian Sang

Published in: Advances in Civil Engineering Materials

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

The paper discusses potential improvements of building spaces to aid cognitive learning of visually impaired persons. It begins with identification of sensory perceptions of the visually impaired, i.e. how the five senses are used in navigation, followed by challenges encountered in pedagogy and cognitive learning. This paper combines interviews with blind individuals and field observations carried out at the Malaysia Association for the Blind (MAB), Kuala Lumpur. The participants of this research consists of members of the MAB and a few other individuals. Findings revealed their the unique experiences, the role of sensory features, and the connections between architecture elements and cognitive learning of the visually impaired. The paper ends with a discussion on possible improvement to the design and conditions of their learning spaces.

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Footnotes
1
The low number is due to insufficient specialist, lack of universal approaches for detection and the under-utilization of screening tools (Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013–2025, 2013).
 
2
Institute for Human Centred Design, Universal Design Case Studies—Hazel Wood School, retrieved from https://​universaldesignc​asestudies.​org/​education/​primary/​hazelwood-school.
 
3
Siti is 25 years old, her highest education is secondary school in Setapak Blindness Special Education Secondary School (SMPK) (SMK Pendidikan Khas Setapak (B). She lost her sight after an accident when she was 12 years old.
 
4
Pei Ling is a visually impaired English teacher in MAB. She has 10 years’ experience as an English teacher and has been teaching in MAB for 4 years.
 
5
Fizal had a visual impairment since birth. A few of his family members have the same condition.
 
6
In primary school Ahmad ‘had normal vision, more or less’, but his sight deteriorated ever since, and he now only has vision in one eye and ‘everything is basically fuzzy, silhouetted’.
 
7
Ali lost his vision when he was 13 years old and he is currently taking his degree in Sport Management, University Malaya.
 
8
Hafiz is 40 years old reflexology coach with normal vision. He has taught massage course in MAB for seven years.
 
9
Zhi Ying is 38 years old and she is a piano teacher with ten years of experience. She has deep passion for music and has been teaching in MAB for five years.
 
10
Liyanna has ‘Norrie syndrome’, which resulted in her being ‘totally blind in her left eye, she has 25% vision in her right eye since birth. She can read size 18–24 font, and uses ‘zoom’ on her iPad and other devices to access text.. She has eight years of experience in teaching computer courses in MAB.
 
11
Sumitha is 42 years old and she is a sighted muti-handicapped teacher. She has 22 years of experiences teaching multi-handicapped children.
 
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Metadata
Title
Design for All Senses: Architecture and Cognitive Learning for the Visually Impaired
Authors
Lim Poh Im
Khoo Qian Sang
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Advances in Civil Engineering Materials

Print ISBN: 978-981-336-559-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-336-560-5

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6560-5_13

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