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CONTENTS

OUT AND ABOUT: INCLUSIVENESS
Are Restaurants and Food Courts in Malaysia
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eISSN 2948-3875 Not PWD-Friendly?
Rashid Ating
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
5 Navigating Public Spaces: An Unregistered Elderly
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF PWD’s Perspective
Prof. Dr. Makmor Bin Tumin Siti Fauziah Mohd Yusoff
MANAGING EDITOR
Mohd Shahrul Hafiz Bin Norazmi 8 Dismantling the Labyrinth: Towards a Society
REVIEWER Inclusive of People with Disabilities
Dr. Alias Bin Abd Aziz Aziz Ahmad Shariff
Nghiem Dinh Dat
Nicharee Peneakchanasak Universal Design for People with Disabilities in
Fritz Enjhay Cepe 11 Thailand
MAGAZINE LAYOUT & ILLUSTRATOR
Muhammad Marwan Mohd Tanos Nitcharee Peneakchanasak
EDITING SERVICE
PM Proofreading Services
Dr. Alias Bin Abd Aziz HERE AND THERE: POLICY TOUCHPOINT
Others
13 Touch Screen Appliances - Boosting or Blocking
Independent Living of the Blind
This magazine is published by Universiti Malaya Press Nghiem Dinh Dat
with financial support from The Nippon Foundation,
Japan through ASEAN University Network-Disability
and Public Policy (AUN-DPPnet), University of Malaya, 15 Improve the Employment for People with Disabilities
Malaysia. – Empowering Lives
Website: http://aun-dpp.um.edu.my/ Thunravee Peneakchanasak

18 Climate Change and Persons with Disabilities:
Their Voices Need to Be Heard
Le Thi Thu

FAR AND BEYOND: A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
20 Strong and Brave Theo
Jessa Marmol

22 Amie’s Story: A Polio Survivor and her Advocacies
This issue’s front cover features an image of a person with Fritz Enjhay O. Cep
visual impairment reading a Braille-printed book, making use
of their heightened sense of touch as part of their life-long
journey. Original image source: https://www.freepik.com/free- 25 What’s Next for Me?
photo/blind-person-reading-home_22632824.htm#fromView
=search&page=2&position=0&uuid=c6cb1783-6b0e-4b89- Makmor Tumin
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