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Hiring is just the first step. Can Singapore keep workers with disabilities in their jobs?

United Overseas Bank (UOB) began hiring persons with disabilities in 2013, including at their Scan Hub, where documents are digitised and archived.

New committee set up by SG Enable to review quality of training for persons with disabilities

Students from Grace Orchard School learning how to prepare waffles at the Inclusive Lifelong Learning Festival 2026.

‘Wish Papa was here’: The pain of long-distance parenting for S’pore’s foreign workers

Sayeed Md Abu, a migrant worker who joined the I.C.A.N. Fathering Workshop, with photos of his family. He has two daughters aged 6 and 10.

Pro bono photo service for underprivileged groups in S’pore among award-winning youth initiatives

(From left) Rachel Goh, 23, and Ethan Tan, 22, co-founders of Project Obscura, which won the Communities for Good (Groundup) award at the President’s Volunteerism and Philanthropy Awards 2026.

About one in 10 special education teachers resigned between 2021 and 2025: Desmond Lee

Despite the high attrition rate in special education (SPED) schools, the SPED teacher workforce grew from about 1,600 in 2021 to 1,900 in 2025.

New employment office, job redesign support among new measures to help persons with disabilities

Barista Caleb Lim, 31, who has autism spectrum disorder, serving a customer at the Enabling Village's Art Bar on Oct 2.

Seeing P2 boy with HSA fine for vaping spurred SMU law student to create app for youth to quit habit

(From left) Aaron Tan, Amber Tng, Lee Yi Terng and Joy Liew created the app ClearAir for youth who had been caught vaping and want to quit.

Most young adults in S’pore surveyed want to have children, but many lack fertility knowledge: Study

About 84 per cent of young adults surveyed said they ideally wanted at least one child.

‘Pure joy’: Singaporean serves free food in heartland every month to bring people together

Photojournalist Ngoh Shian Bang has hosted six Kampung Soup Kitchen gatherings since May, including a pizza party at The Chop Community in Yishun on Sept 19.

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Can big data save the next Megan Khung? It’s definitely worth a try to keep children safer

Megan’s mother and her ex-partner horrifically abused the four-year-old girl to death, and the couple burnt her corpse to avoid detection.

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