TY  - JOUR
T1  - Educational Facilities for Blind Engineering Student in Thailand
AU - Punyabukkana, Proadpran AU - Wansophark, Niphon AU - Swanphotipan, Kannika AU - Hamrattanathorn, Supatcha AU - Suchato, Atiwong 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
SP  - 595
EP  - 599
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.595.599
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.595.599
KW  - Blind
KW  -stem
KW  -engineering education
KW  -Physics
KW  -Chemistry
KW  -engineering drawing
AB  - The very first blind engineering student in Thailand started his college life at Chulalongkorn
University in August 2016. The university had less than five months to prepare its facilities and classes suitable
for the blind. In this study, we explain the procedure and outcome of such preparation. It includes the design
of education facilities like classes, materials, labs, exams as well as other facilities that support his daily
activities. The challenge lies in basic science labs and engineering, namely Physics, Chemistry and Engineering
Drawing classes. In general, we provide teaching assistants for every laboratory classes. For most exams, we
allow 1.5 extra times and provide a digital format of the exam to be used with a screen reader. For materials, we
called student volunteers to help preparing the materials in a digital format, particularly the equations using an
equation-editing software. For images, we employed a low-cost wire screen to produce tactile images. Finally,
in the Engineering Drawing class, a combination of an innovative drawing board and the 3D-printed models are
utilized. And for life on campus, a buddy system was set to help with his daily activities.
ER  -