Lesson notes -1 18-July - 2011

Things discussed
*Universal design
*Inclusive design
*Design for humanity
*Experimental design
*Design for industry/business centered or oriented design/Design for profit
*Service design
*Propositional design
*Landscape design
*Architectural design
*Ecological design

Design buzzwords

Ideation
Iteration
Innovation
Model
Modelling
Prototype
Testing
User research
Research, ethnography
Social sciences research methodology
Product
Systems design
Process
Design thinking, theory, application, practice, culture, jargon


Special needs


Autism Spectrum


Normalcy/ Abnormalcy
Abled, differently abled, disabled
Neurotypicals
Autism Spectrum
Classic Autism
Atypical Autism
Asperger's
Rhett's
PDD-NOS
Highly functional, severe, moderate, light(Asperger's/highly functional)
Diagnosis
Co- morbidities like epilepsy, ADD, ADHD etc...
Mainstreamng

Myths to be removed.

Each child is like the others on the spectrum.
Every autistic child is an autistic savant.
Autistic children do not know how to show emotion, love, affection, be proactive, respond etc...
Autism is a disease, so it can be cured.
Autism is a disorder and not a neurological and physiological condition.
Vaccines cause it?
Any one intervention or treatment or therapy can bring about a magic overnight rapid radical miraculous cure.
Autistic numbers/population are/is not increasing.
Mainstreaming is the only solution.


Buckminster Fuller - geodesic dome, sustainability, resilience, design science...