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‘We’re not looking for a place to dump our child’: Struggles of caring for special needs young adults

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Joel Jiang, who suffers from a rare congenital disease called DiGeorge syndrome, and his family during a recent trip to Koh Samui in Thailand.

Joel Jiang, who suffers from a rare congenital disease called DiGeorge syndrome, and his family during a recent trip to Koh Samui in Thailand.

PHOTOS: COURTESY OF SHIRLEY SEE

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SINGAPORE – Joel Jiang turns 18 in August and his mother, Ms Shirley See, has been busy preparing for the milestone.

She has spent the last year or so searching for the right programmes once he graduates from his special needs school in the eastern part of Singapore later in 2024.

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