Accessible Built Environment for People of Disabilities at Mosque: Universal Design

Analele Universităţii "Eftimie Murgu" Reşiţa: Fascicola I, Inginerie

卷:XXV

Md Azree Othuman Mydin¹  Farah Nuratiqah Rusli¹ 

[1] Universiti Sains Malaysia;

关键词: universal design;    facilities;    mosque;    disabled person;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

People with disabilities (PwDs) face challenges which effect on their capabilityto complete everyday activities such as moving around, communicatingand fulfilling social roles and the social participation assumesindividuals with disabilities live within their community and interactwith others. In the right of person with disability have been evidentlyspecified in Person With Disability Act 2008 which its stated thatit is oblige to recognize the interaction with the disable which hinderstheir full effective participation in society on equal basis with personwithout disabilities, and also to value theirs involvement to the communityand society. This paper will present the component of universal designin the context of mosque and review some of the legislation andstandards related to design of facilities for PwD’s at mosque. There is apositive development in terms of public awareness on access and facilitiesfor PWDs in Malaysia even though the accurate understanding ofuniversal design theory is still low among Malaysian society. Some peoplehave misunderstood that universal design is exclusively caters theneeds of PWDs access and facilities in the built environment

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