Last week, international non-governmental organisation Save The Children published its annual End of Childhood report, which ranked Singapore as number one out of 175 countries, tying with Slovenia. The indicators were: under-five mortality rate, child stunting, out-of-school children and youth, child labour, child marriage, adolescent birth rate, population displaced by conflict and child homicide rate. […]

Our Clinical Director, Liyuan, had an opportunity to conduct a Teachers’ Training session for the teachers in Eshkol Valley Preschool today. Eshkol Valley believes in all round nurturing for every child. The school accept children as young as 2 months to 7 years old and believes in keeping teacher to student ratio low so as […]

Singapore Airlines is set to offer its economy class passengers in-flight snack boxes designed by artists with special needs in June. The product is a result of collaboration between the airline and SG Enable, an agency set up by Singapore’s Social and Family Development Ministry, and the Autism Resource Center (ARC), a Singapore-based non-profit charity […]

Mr Ng Li Jie, 21, is autistic, and was shunned by his classmates at Singapore Polytechnic. Though Mr Ng found a group of close friends there, he felt more could be done to integrate people like him. So he joined Superhero Me, a ground-up arts movement and non-profit arts company that fosters inclusion of children […]

SINGAPORE – Dr Elly Sabrina struggled with feelings of isolation in raising a child with autism. “My child does not fit into society’s definitions of ‘normal’,” she said. The one thing kept her going despite the challenges was the support from family and friends. Dr Elly, a physician, emphasised the need for a support system […]