Monthly Archives: February 2021

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Reflection – Project

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Action + Reflection + Demonstration

This year, due to Covid pandemic, we were not able to go on the trip to take physical action on the project.

Even though we were not able to take the action, we were still able to experience the planning of the trip. This helped us to develop the skill of collaboration, organisations and resilience. There were times when the activities people wanted to do on the trip was different, still, we were able to discuss and come up with the way to express everyone’s ideas equally.

Also, from contacting the organisation leader for the Shelter Foundation, there were activities that the clients wanted us to do there. From this, it was hard to manage the needs of the clients and still do what we as the group want to do on the trip. Even though we had roles int he group, I think out group worked well in terms of helping out with each other’s task when needed, or to give ideas on how the trip should be planned.

Being the Minutes taker required organisation skill, and it was challenging to plan ahead on a whole week trip when no one had been to the place or not knowing how the transportations will look. It was a great experience even though we could not go on the trip, being able to collaborate and work independently as a small group.

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Reflection – Activity

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During the sessions, we often research on medical topics around the world. This brings us to consider the global impact of medical development or innovation.

Especially during the pandemic, we had researched on topics related to the coronavirus and the effect in each of the countries. There are different approach taken in countries with different level of incidence. The research on the vaccinations interested me, which brought me to consider the global significance of the issue.

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Reflection – Service

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There are ethical considerations that have to be taken into account when interacting with people with intellectual disability. Through interacting with the clients in the service, the considerations of the needs of the patient and handling the relationship with them was important. There were times when it was difficult for them to manage their emotions, meaning we were not capable to keep control of them during the activities.

From these experiences, I have learned the importance of ethical considerations when interacting with people with different ability. Even with he challenged, I enjoyed learning about them and the skills in order to safely interact and build connections.

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Reflection – Service

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From being involved in the service, I learned about the issue of stereotypes on “disabled” people. Even though I did not have much understanding of how people in the society felt about interacting with the people having the different ability from us, but after joining the activity, the clients had told us on the usual misconceptions people have on them. For example, people had the understanding that they are not able to communicate, or could be dangerous for them to be doing activities with us.

The spreading of awareness through our activity and portfolio construction allowed us to engage deeply with the issue and interact with the local community.