Welcome to The Spectrum!
Featuring creations by youth on the autism and disabled spectrum.
AIR CLAY WORKSHOP BY THE PASTEL WORKER!
We're happy to announce an upcoming activity by our community friends The Pastel Worker (Lim Sir Woei) and The Black Cat Cafe. Beginning Sunday 28th January 2024, Sir Woei will be conducting an art workshop for kids to learn to make characters using air clay.
Event fees include all the necessary supplies, with a healthy and delicious kids' meal!
Do keep a lookout on our social media pages, as well as that of the Black Cat Cafe for further updates!
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2024 Desktop Calendar "Raikan Neurodiversiti" (Celebrating Neurodiversity) by Agro Bank Malaysia
The Spectrum is deeply honoured to be considered for Agro Bank's 2024 Desktop Calendar, "Raikan Neurodiversiti" - which features artwork by a number of our community members! We thank Agro Bank for this opportunity, and other future engagements which we will announce here soon in due course!
LATEST COMMUNITY PARTNER : THE BLACK CAT CAFE
We're happy to announce our collaboration with, and presence at The Black Cat Cafe, located at the Viva Residency, Jalan Suppiah Pillay, KL. A cosy little hidden gem serving delicious vegetarian and vegan meals in relaxed and comfortable environment with great customer service :) Check them out daily from 11:00am to 9:30pm (except Mondays) as they offer something for everyone, ranging from Malay, Indian, Chinese, and even Thai cuisine... all vegetarian and/or vegan.
GOING MAINSTREAM ...
We've had the pleasure of co-ordinating efforts between different communities, including youth on the autism spectrum - to come together and produce the Limited Edition Action Figure Collectibles for the hit Malaysian buddy cop movie Polis Evo 3 recently! You can read all about it here, as featured in The Malay Mail.
Many thanks to Astro Shaw and Rojak Daily for the opportunity, and also the teams from the Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation ("APU"), Employable Malaysia, and various individual pop-culture hobbyists and enthusiasts who worked together on this initiative!
There are only 100 pieces of each character produced... and if you're lucky, you can still get them at our ESA Community Store at esachannel.com
Click to find out more and order
SCRATCHIES! A CAT SIMULATOR (Board Game)
We are excited to announce the arrival of The Spectrum's first tabletop board game, "Scratchies!". Play with opponents as house cats, aiming to make a mess of the available rooms in a house! Avoid obstacles and "enemies" that are out to make your life difficult! The messiest kitty wins!
For ages 10 and up. Hand made to order. A small quantity will be available at our regular monthly pop-ups at Amcorp Mall or other select retail partners.
Game created by Paul Low. Featuring artwork of Cinnamon by Christy Loh
We are now at the Amcorp Mall flea market!
We are happy to inform that we have now joined our sister community, the Unity Macroverse to be present at the popular Amcorp Mall weekend flea market, every 1st and 4th weekends of the month!
Do follow our social media presence for updates. See you there!
Who we are and what we do
We are a Malaysian-based community marketing and content aggregator for creations, especially artwork and writings - by youth on the autism and disabled spectrum. We take these creations and transpose them onto merchandise such as T-shirts, bags, caps, keychains, mugs, and other daily items including books - where each creator will earn royalties with each sale made. As we employ a zero-cost/barrier entry to our participants, the community is steadily growing.
Bringing creations to market
Our primary area focus is on commercialization within the autism and differently-abled community. Employing a "Community Marketing" approach, as a platform - we aggregate both supply and demand from within the community - then source, create, and market related products together with members of the community - within the community, and to the public. As such, anybody can contribute towards becoming a creator, advocate, or even salesperson, as we try our best to create a win-win for all involved. Through partnerships with local businesses within physical neighbourhood communities, we bring these creations closer to the larger community as a whole.
We try!
A major concern among parents of children and young adults with autism (as with any other challenging condition) is future independence. We understand this rather well as we ourselves are parents of individuals with autism - or have family members who are on the spectrum.
We hope that the initiatives and activities that we carry out will help those with autism to gain valuable support, and build the self-confidence needed for future independence. As it currently stands, we have witnessed very promising potential among participants, who are already earning an income from their works that we collectively curate and market.