Mini Report
On 16th January 2021, Sekretariat Rakan Muda (SRM) held a programme on Kind & Care 2021, called Destigmatized Autism. Kind & Care is an annual event held by SRM to further induce the act of kindness among university students.
The main purpose of the event is to break the negative stigma surrounding autism, understanding the life of autism, how to communicate with autistic children, and having empathy for other people. A special education teacher, Dr. Shyielathy Arumugam had been invited to give a speech on the matter. Before the event was held, 10 people had been chosen from the SRM student list to lead to event. The 10 people are then grouped into five units which are directors, multimedia unit, protocol unit, publicity unit, and technical unit.
I was put into the protocol unit where I handle the emcee script and RO event. I was directed by one of the directors who had helped me along the process. We held meetings almost every week to update the whole group the progress that each unit had achieved.
The event day came by and went smoothly with the help of all team members. It was held on Facebook Live with almost 300 participants.
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Self-Reflection
As one of the committee bureau, I was fairly suprised on how well all the team work together. The event is very much needed in our society to give the autistic people a voice of their own. It is also to make sure inclusivity in the community. Autism had always been frowned upon by our people when it is a genetical disorder. It is very important to educate people of how the autism generates and how those with autism is also human beings with feelings.The program went well with the effort of all unit. It appears the participants that joined the program also have learnt a bit on autism and how to communicate with people like them. Without a question, I think this program makes a difference as I improved my communication skills and problem-solving skills. I hope the program will benefit everyone each year. The program had taught me the importance of communication within the group and cooperation among each team members. I had the opportunity to make new experience and had learned new skills such as making RO for an event and conduct the event.