There will soon be more places available in special education (SPED) schools for children with moderate to severe Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Three Government-funded SPED schools – Autism Association Singapore’s Eden School, AWWA School and Rainbow Centre – will each be opening one additional campus from the second half of this year, announced the Ministry of […]

SINGAPORE — When Mdm Jothi Marimuthu’s son, who has special needs, suffered a hairline crack on his left leg two years ago, the doctor at the accident and emergency department tried to explain his medical condition to the 22-year-old man. Kiran Raj S Vanu has global developmental delay, an intellectual disability due to epilepsy. “(But) […]

Mr Toh Kai Min, 26, enjoys his job. He finds his colleagues helpful and hardworking, and even calls them his brothers and sisters. He checks and updates clients’ applications and scans documents, among other duties, at the UOB Scan Hub, where he works. Mr Toh, who graduated with a National ITE certificate (Nitec) in electronics […]

For most of her life, Dr Dawn-joy Leong, 51, has been viewed as an oddball. She could fold origami at three years old and composed a musical play at the age of nine. But while obviously intelligent, she was labelled difficult and spoilt when she had what were perceived as tantrums and could not be […]

A group of friends are sitting in the garden chatting – but only one of them hears the ice-cream van in the distance. That person is autistic. He is also able to hear the buzzing of electricity in the walls and, sometimes, finds it overwhelming to be in a very noisy environment. Our most recent […]