《「學人」搞社創》（到這裡購買本書）
結伴自閉兒童，開創「星孩」新天地
蘇詠芝 中大教育心理學系教授
香港中文大學（中大）研究及知識轉移服務處（研轉處）於2019年發行「自家製」刊物Cubic Zine，希望藉定期的學人專訪、環球社創案例分享及業界最新消息等相關內容，鼓勵更多校內外人士認識社會創新，共創社會影響。
Scholar-Social Innovators: Prof Catherine So Starts a Company to Keep Children with Autism Company
DATE | 7 FEBRUARY 2020
All things are difficult before they are easy – this year’s certainly off to a rough start! The SoCUBE team genuinely wishes every one of you a healthy Year of the Rat!
May our feature stories warm you up amid the harsh winter and invigorate you with some positivity! Let us care for our local society and global village through social innovation.
#RobotsAndAutism #Psychology
Scholar-Social Innovator → LOCAL
萬事起頭難，今個農曆新年，大家經歷了一個最難的年頭！SoCUBE團隊衷心祝福各位鼠年大吉，身體安康，百毒不侵 ！
在這艱難的寒冬，我們希望藉着Cubic Zine有溫度的專題內容，給你帶來一些正面的衝擊和啟發。來年與我們一起關心本土，關注環球，投入社創。
#機械人與自閉症 #心理學
學人搞社創 → LOCAL
“I found the essence of studying in psychology”: Prof Catherine So founds social enterprise for children with autism
“Taking psychology hadn’t been a keen decision, who could’ve known it’d be love at first sight? I’m over-sensitive – that’s both good and bad. Sometimes I overthink. (I would question) why certain things happen, why people act in certain ways. This is psychology, the scientific study of human mind and behaviours.”
Graduating from CUHK, earning a PhD under “the mother of gestures” at the University of Chicago, then teaching at the National University of Singapore for 5 years… why did Catherine choose to return? How did her breakthrough in research come by, which prompted her to set up a social enterprise for children with autism?
Epilogue: “Struck dumb!” TCM practitioner on meeting families with autism for the first time
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Science and Technology for Autism Remediation (STAR) at a glimpse
開社企伴「星孩」 蘇詠芝：心理學讓我尋回讀書的意義
「初中時想過讀建築，但中學會考數學『炒了』，於是預科只能選讀心理學。」傳統名校出身的她，對於成績要求有自己的一把尺，「原本（會考）預期7科A，但結果只有21分，以最低門檻升讀原校。我媽甚至害怕我會自殺。」蘇詠芝（Catherine）教授輕輕說道。
「中六開始修讀心理學，一開始好像是被逼，但料想不到一讀就愛上。我是一個over-sensitive的人，有好也有不好處，有時會想太多。（我會想）為何會發生這件事，為甚麼人會這樣做。這就是心理學，the scientific study of human mind and behaviours。」
中大畢業、芝加哥大學師從「手勢研究之母」取得博士學位、新加坡國立大學任教5年，為何選擇回港？她又如何打開自閉症研究新天地，並決心成立社企？
番外篇：回想初接觸自閉症家庭 山東土生土長中醫師：太衝擊了！
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智趣伴星途（STAR）｜小百科
Founding year: 2015, becoming a social enterprise in 2019
Founding team: Prof Catherine So (Department of Educational Psychology) and educational psychologist Dr Sarah Luk
Mission: To serve children with ASDs and their parents through professional assessment, therapy, counselling, community education, as well as innovative technologies; committing to research and building big data for designing and implementing personalised intervention
Members: Personnel trained in SEN, clinical psychologists, speech therapists, and those concerned for ASD individuals
Sensory integration｜Scholarly Keyword
創立年份：2015，2019成為社企
創辦成員：蘇詠芝教授和教育心理學家陸秀霞博士
目的：透過專業的評估、治療、輔導及社區教育，並應用創新技術協助自閉症兒童及家長；致力進行科研，並建立大數據，為自閉症兒童設計和實施個人化的干預措施
團隊：特殊教育導師、臨床心理學家、言語治療師、關注自閉症人士
感統｜學人關鍵字
“Some children with ASDs got issues with sensory integration. If they find it noisy, like hearing thunder, they hit their heads with brute force. Some deformed their skulls as a result. I came across one student – his skull was dented on both sides (from prolonged hitting),” Catherine recalled.
She explained that when externally stimulated, these children may go out of control and even harm themselves. How do robots help? “One student learned to ‘cover his ears’ after the robots repeatedly demonstrated to him the gesture, his self-harming behaviour abated.”
「有一些自閉症兒童感統（感覺統合）有問題，如果覺得吵，例如聽到打雷，會大力拍打自己頭部。有學生因此頭骨變型。我曾經接觸過一個學生，他兩邊頭骨凹了（因長期拍打）。」Catherine憶起其中一個最印象深刻的「星孩」。
Catherine指出，這些感統失調的孩子，一旦受外界少許刺激，就會出現失控、甚至自毀行為。那麼機械人可以如何介入？「當中有學生看過多次機械人示範打雷時掩耳動作之後，學懂了『掩耳』這手勢，減少了自傷行為。」
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