From the high cost of raising a child with special needs, to missing out on a child’s milestones because the family has a maid rearing the children, 15 fathers shared the challenges they faced in parenthood at a dialogue yesterday. It was chaired by Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin and held alongside […]

SINGAPORE – Support and services for people with special needs have been focused on children and teens in the last decade, but more support is needed to help special needs adults, said Ms Denise Phua, president of the Autism Resource Centre (ARC).   Speaking on the sidelines of the Autism Congress on Tuesday (May 30), […]

Nur Hamzah M. Mohammad Sahak, 18, said: “She believed me only when I showed her the official letter.” He won $500 while his classmates, Faith Leticia Ng Yen Bing, 19, and Matthew Lee Ban Hock, 18, who tied for second place, received $300 each. Faith didn’t even know that there was prize money. She said: […]

Three special education schools that offer programmes for children with moderate to severe autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will be expanding to take in 75 more students in total each year. The expansion, which will start from the second half of this year, aims to cater to the increased demand for such programmes in government-funded special […]

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 […]