March 10, 2009
Mindmap Ideas_obstacles/struggles
We did some brainstorming focusing on specific sections of the Children’s Charity Association (CCA).
Here is a summary of the mindmap regarding Obstacles/Struggles:
-Understanding
-Solutions
-Careers
-Journey
-Religion
-Future
-Camp/External events
-User Interaction
-Pain
-Fear
-the Five Senses
-Values
Then we further develop and breakdown more thoughts and thumbnails to this understanding this area, and thus to discover our direction and approach.
Tuesday – Interview with deaf patients
This is an interview of a worker, lisa
Sorry for the typo
are you rushing off now?
can i interview you something?
ok actually i am doing a project now for deaf assciation.
What happen is that wad ever concept we came out is not real enough,as in i want to know how you feel .
Any social problems?
Like how the society can help or change.?
Bascially we did some concept but our teacher said we are very fake as we do not really feel from the peoples side…like no emotion…so i would like to find out some things from you. Can?
What is the most frustrating incident you have faced? From work and out side.Like if any one have tease you or anything. Being treated diffrent? like you can voice out to us so we can
Reply:
I am very close to people who know sign language.. I naturally voice out and sign fierecly and too fast. other people dun know abt sign and tease me like whisper or …. I feel that they look down me…
Do you think the society is doing enough to help deaf people to blend in more. Do you feel being treated unfair in the working society. As we kn actually deaf is nothing different, its just loseing the abilty to hear, its not like down sysdrome where they cant even work.
Roughly how much lower in percentage? and wad is your take on these issues?
Reply:
around $300 to $1k. very few $1.2k
Most deaf people complained about unfair to deaf… like work for pay low salary, society but some people dun mind and accpet the hardship.
Can You lip read?i heard it can be learnt…
Reply:
now modern, like cassion sch. That can train the deaf students more… but for me, different sch.. SDD…train to teach how to sign
Wad are some of the other jobs that is available?
Reply:
admin clerk
crew from KFC
volunteer from SAD
work from TOUCH Slient Chruch
simple work like cleaner, etc
if you are given a chance to change something in the world that will help the deaf people wad would you do? Like maybe a statement? A Law? ect
Reply:
Very few people were selected for challenge the olymic handicap. This is not easy for them.
Through my research i have also found out that like in USA the deaf community have some customs. like they do not encourage 2 deaf people to get married.. do you know of any of such similar customs?
Reply:
Big different between USA and here,
History in USA, the government ignore the deaf people who need the job and good life. all the deaf people complained against the government continuely for many years… later the new government accpeted their reasons. They can set up the associations in USA. more open mind…
Here the government focus on handicap execpt the deaf.
Do you consider deaf as handicap?
Reply:
deaf people look normal.
cause i search some stuff online and they often classfy it together.
do you have any comments of feeling you would like to voice out? We wont reveal your name one.
Reply:
I normally voice out at home not outside.
deaf people travel to japan and were very impressed. any japanese people can sign… they ask them to know how to sign. They were young child to go to all the schools in japan. the government told the teachers to teach the sign to every children.
last qn… i read some where that there is something like a international sign kinda thing likeABSL-
Reply
old sign and broken english.
ok ok thanks
sorry to take up ur time
we did LOADS of brainstorming yesterday.
like LOADS.
after that we went home to do thumbnails on the ideas we picked.
i did time.
will scan in the thumbnails later.
at the moment. we’re waiting for the rest to turn up to discuss further.
this week is final conceptualizing.
with about 5 ideas, we’ll be able to discuss further.
Objectives
We went back to the very first point of what is the objective we want for the Children’s Charities Association (CCA). And this is what we have came out. 
We decided to work more on these 4 main points (non-living object, obstacles/struggles, revolution & time). We think of random words and did some thumbnail sketches for each point.
MO-TION 