During a physical education (PE) lesson, the relief PE teacher threw a ball at the Primary 4 pupil’s head three times. In the same span of five minutes, he also threatened to place the nine-year-old boy inside a cage meant for storing PE equipment. Two days later, the 33-year-old Singaporean deliberately stepped on the boy’s […]

When it opens in 2022, the new Rainbow Centre campus in Admiralty Link will feature an area modelled on real-world environments such as shops and other community spaces. Dubbed Social Town, this environment in the new campus, which will cater to students with autism, allows for “authentic learning” and helps ease its students’ transition after […]

SINGAPORE – Over the past 21/2 weeks following the end of the Asian Games, Joseph Schooling’s mind has been on “anything except swimming”. But the Olympic champion, who won two individual golds and two relay bronzes in Jakarta, was back by the pool on Tuesday (Sept 11) to talk swimming to 12 children at the […]

More than 2,000 runners flocked to Bishan Stadium and Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park yesterday – and faced greater issues than just the heat. They were taking part in this year’s Run For Inclusion, Singapore’s annual running event where athletes with disabilities can run alongside the able-bodied. Among the participants was 27-year-old student Wong Ren Yi, […]

SINGAPORE: A secretly-recorded Facebook video which showed a young man touching his private parts while looking at a girl on an MRT train here caused immediate outrage – until the man’s aunt came forward to reveal that her nephew is autistic. She also expressed heartbreak over the video going viral online – a sentiment shared […]