Results Based On Interview
Results Based On Interview
Results Based On Interview
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and said that, probably the most challenging thing with regards to the built
environment (in which case, the school) is the accessibility. During high school,
his classes were held in different classrooms. And it gets worse when his classes
were on different ends of the campus. He had to travel far. During rainy seasons,
he had no choice but to talk with his crutches. It became more challenging when
he had to walk on the paved road without a shed. The path where shed was
available was not paved and thus harder for him to walk with crutches.
Mr Martinez also said that the differently-abled people are the most
challenging type of marginalized people in the society in the sense that there are
plenty of categories. He suggested that to able to figure out the important
elements that should be paid attention to in designing facilities, one should have a
better understanding on the different categories of their disability. Only with full
and thorough study and understanding, regardless of being a differently-abled
person or not, will one be able to create an inclusive environment.
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to get out of a problem or mess because past experiences have taught them that
there is really no way out and that they are helpless. This condition, Mr Malnegro
said, is also very applicable to the differently-abled people. Some others have
grown their entire life being dependent to their parent thus they fail to learn
something by themselves. Either they’re scared or they’re the past failed them so
they take no effort into becoming independent and better. Their mentality is
mostly framed with the notion that everything should be catered for them because
they’re in the worst situation life could bring. The learned helplessness condition
should be considered in designing an educational facility in the sense that, the
facility should be provide an impressive accessibility design but not too much
that it would result into overdoing. Easy access and comfort should be kept in
mind, however, it must be keep into a certain degree to avoid learning
helplessness.
There are plenty of social factors that affects the decision of people with
disability to forego college. Mostly, he said, are accessibility concerns. However,
it also has personal matters. He said it takes two to dance cha-cha; it has personal
and it has social concerns. And sometimes the boundary between the two is very
thin.
When asked how the built environment affects the learning abilities of a
person, Mr Lagat explained the different learning styles of people inside the
classroom. There are primarily three. First are visual learners, who learn a lot
through what they see. Graphs, forms, and illustration are very important to these
type of learners. To an extent, some of these learners have pictographic memory.
Second are the auditory learners, who learn through hearing. They don’t have to
write down notes and take down records. They have better memory through
hearing and when they study and review for their classes, they usually recite out
loud the words. Some others find comfort in studying with background music
because it helps them remember. And third, these are the tactile type of learners.
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They have to touch a surface for better study process. Examples of these types are
those who fidget so much with their pens. For others, it could be distracting but
for them, that’s just how they process. Inherently, we have strong points as well
as weak points. If these contexts are integrated on the differently-abled people, it
would put them in a certain degree of advantage. Our built environment is
traditionally ablest. And in a sense, it displays a certain level of limitations.
However, it can also enhance and help. Thus, design and planning is actually very
important— from acoustics, proxemics, ergonomics, lighting, ventilation, etc. But
above all that, what’s really more important is to identify the different types of
disabilities that could be catered in a certain infrastructure. Identification is the
primary key as well as the design considerations towards the different types of
disability.
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When asked about what possible new spaces could be incorporated into
designing a barrier-free environment, he said that It is not so much on “new”
spaces but the accessibility of spaces. If all spaces are designed and built to be
fully compliant with the accessibility law these will be conducive to persons with
disabilities and persons without disabilities alike. Persons with disabilities will
feel included and persons without disabilities will know that society and the built
environment should not “exclude” persons with disabilities by providing facilities
and features that level the playing field and allow persons with disabilities to
compete side by side with persons without disabilities. All applicable
accessibility features and facilities in Batas Pambansa Bilang 344 or the
Accessibility Law are important elements in creating a barrier-free as well as a
conducive learning environments for persons with disabilities.