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CALL FOR MANUSCRIPT FOR MAINSTREAMER E-MAGAZINE
VOLUME 5 (APRIL 2024)

The University of Malaya Press is excited to announce policies/action plans that relate to or may affect
the production of Mainstreamer e-Magazine, an disabled persons.
electronic magazine that publishes semi-academic • ASEANizing Inclusion: Provides an avenue for
essays and creative works relating to issues affecting critical discussion and ASEAN regional identity-
the disabled community in ASEAN countries. The building within the contexts of disabled people’s
Mainstreamer e-Magazine Vol. 5 is scheduled to be advocacy and development in the Southeast
published in April 2024. Asian region.
We humbly invite interested contributors, both • Demiurgic Lens: Provides an avenue for creative
disabled persons and non-disabled persons from ASEAN works and artistic display among disabled
countries to submit a manuscript based on one of the persons.
following topics: We also accept book or monograph reviews.
• Barrier-Free Society: Discusses issues relating to Please read and follow carefully the editorial policy
accessibility, be it in public transportation, built below to ensure a smooth review of your manuscript:
environment, information and communication
technologies, etc. 1. Mainstreamer e-Magazine only accepts a single-
• Needn’t Fret!: Share experiences and life author manuscript.
strategies to foster a more positive, proactive, 2. The manuscript must be written in U.K. English,
and meaningful life, including life adaptation for using Arial, size 11, double line spacing and the
those who become adventitiously impaired. word count must not be more than 1200 words.
• Recent Research: Shares summary of recent 3. Details such as the author’s name, affiliation (if
studies concerning disabled persons and/or applicable), email address and the title of the
disability issues. manuscript must be provided at the top of the
• Good Work!: Discusses experiences, strategies, manuscript.
and other relevant issues concerning 4. Mainstreamer e-Magazine recognizes that
employment among disabled persons, inclusive different cultures may have different ways or
labour market, and their labour rights. terminologies when referring to persons with
• Critical Thoughts: Provides an avenue for a impairment and/or chronic illness. We accept the
use of identity-first and person-first language.
critical and thought-provoking discussion about Should you need assistance in this matter, please
disablement in society, including social constructs do not hesitate to contact our editorial team.
such as normalcy, justice, autonomy, etc.
• The Spearheads: Documents the history, 5. Mainstreamer e-Magazine shall not accept,
publish, and promote any manuscript that
experiences, achievements, and visions of contains ableist, racist, and/or sexist messages as
leaders of the disabled community regarding well as other forms of hate speech. The content
disabled persons’ empowerment, development, of the manuscript must respect and consider
and the community’s future. Asian values.
• Young Voice: Provides an avenue for disabled The review process follows the sequence below:
young activists and students to share their
thoughts, experiences, and vision relating to • Manuscript submission: Opens throughout the
the disabled community’s current affairs and its year.
future. • Notification of acceptance: Within 2 weeks after
• IT Helps!: Discusses user experiences and the submission.
latest news about the latest technological • Manuscript review process: Takes between 3-4
inventions for persons with specific/various types weeks after submission.
of impairment. • Correction by the author (if any) and final
• Campus Life: Discusses experiences, strategies, documentation process: Within 2 weeks after the
and other relevant issues relating to disabled author receives the review report.
people and/or disability issues in higher Each author will be awarded MYR500.00 for
education. each manuscript accepted for publication. For more
• The Government of The People: Provides an information, please contact Mohd Shahrul Hafiz, the
avenue for critical policy analysis specifically Managing Editor at mohdshahrulhafiznorazmi@gmail.
about international, regional, and/or national com