He told The New Paper: “Children with special needs tend to move around due to their short attention span. Most theatre shows do not cater to them so I wanted to do something different.” He teamed up with fellow students Winnie Neo, 20, Basilia New, 21, Tan Xuan Yun, 21 and Xie Hui Ting, 22, […]

The stage takes the audience to the suburban town of Swindon, Paddington station in London and even outer space. The stage also takes the audience into the mind of Christopher Boone, 15, who is on the autism spectrum. This is all down to stage designer Bunny Christie, 56, who has been working magic in the […]

SINGAPORE – For Madam Jorah Mahmud, managing her teenage son’s behaviour is a daily challenge. Ansari, 18, has autism and frequently displays aggressive behaviour. Madam Jorah, 53, is afraid of taking him out of the house as he can unpredictably attack people around him. He once even bit her on the eye, she said. “As […]

SINGAPORE: A new home in Sembawang for adults with intellectual disabilities will start operations in April, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) said, after initial reports said it would be built by March 2016 – a date later pushed to end-2017. A spokesperson for the ministry also told Channel NewsAsia that Singapore’s first autism-focused […]

[MIAMI] The world’s leading brands of bottled water are contaminated with tiny plastic particles that are likely seeping in during the packaging process, according to a major study across nine countries published on Wednesday. “Widespread contamination” with plastic was found in the study, led by microplastic researcher Sherri Mason of the State University of New […]