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National Parks has kindly invited Autism STEP as their consultant to give feedback and suggestions on a playground that they are going to build in Jurong Lake Garden (JLG) for children with special needs. St Andrew Autism School and Eden School are part of the consulting team as well. Liyuan, Clinical Director of Autism STEP […]

The father is Singaporean, the mother Mongolian and the boy was just one year old when he came here with his parents from London, ostensibly for a short visit. Once in Singapore, the boy’s father served divorce papers on his mother and applied to restrain her from taking her son back. Thus began a stormy […]

Taking care of three boys is already a challenge for most people, more so when all three have or are suspected of having autism. Madam Annette Chua, 33, does just that – and two of the boys are not her sons but her nephews. For going “over and beyond her duty as an aunt”, she […]

Yamaha has apologised after a parent complained that a flute instructor at the Yamaha Contempo Music School cancelled his son’s lesson because of the child’s autism. In a Facebook post on Monday, Mr Ivan Lim described how his 12-year-old son Alex was turned away from his flute lesson at the school at Plaza Singapura mall. […]

Students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have raised more than $400,000 through the NUS Students’ Union (NUSSU) Rag and Flag 2017. The funds raised will go towards 21 charity programmes supported by Community Chest, including the AWWA Special Student Care Centre, Fei Yue Community Services, Pathlight School, St Andrew’s Autism Centre, and The […]

Eleven-year-old Rifqi Shauqi may not have had a front-row ticket to the National Day Parade, but he was really close to the action and travelled there like a VIP. Rifqi, who is autistic, was one of 15 children from local special-needs charity Rainbow Centre Singapore, who were driven from their schools in Margaret Drive and […]

SINGAPORE — Instead of the usual one-week training he conducts for new employees, environmental services department supervisor Davis Chew spends about three weeks helping new staff with disabilities at Yishun Community Hospital (YCH) to learn the ropes.   However, he does not just provide them with reading materials and verbal instructions, like for other staff. […]

Loud noises and bright lights terrified her, school gave her meltdowns. For years Dawn-joy Leong didn’t know why, until she found out she had Asperger’s Syndrome, she tells On the Red Dot. SINGAPORE: For over 40 years, Dr Dawn-joy Leong struggled to come to terms with some of her eccentricities and social awkwardness. She had […]

For the first time ever, this year’s National Day Parade (NDP) will feature musicians with different types of disabilities performing together, to promote a caring spirit and to highlight the message of inclusivity. The Purple Symphony – Singapore’s largest disability-inclusive orchestra, which includes a choir – will have 24 of its 90 members perform We […]

Little Khloe Gan is merrily ambling towards the childcare centre’s play area when Madam Lena Koh stops the tyke in her tracks. “Khloe, have you finished your snack? Can you put your bowl in the pail, please?” coos the principal of Kindle Garden. The child dutifully does as told, earning a beaming smile from Madam […]