Special needs/Special education

Minor Issues

Why I booked my adult child with special needs a treetop adventure course

The writer brought her daughter out on a forest adventure course near Bedok Reservoir.

Lower fees, more places in facilities for PWDs among first moves by disability task force

The changes were announced by Senior Minister of State for Social and Family Development Goh Pei Ming (centre), who engaged with clients from the TOUCH Centre for Independent Living on Sept 17.

Forum: Steps taken to address diverse needs of museum visitors with more sensitivity

Teachers with special needs: Guiding blind students and, sometimes, their parents

Penny Chong, who is blind, has been a resource teacher coaching visually impaired students at Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School for nearly 20 years.

Teachers with special needs: Homecoming at Pathlight

Maths teacher Joel Lee, 29, is neurodiverse like his students at Pathlight School. Lee has autism and ADHD.

Teachers with special needs: ‘Sir, are you deaf?’

Science teacher Syed Ali Mohamed Alhabshee has significant hearing loss.

The unheralded strengths of teachers with special needs

(Clockwise from top left) Maths teacher Joel Lee, science teacher Syed Ali Mohamed Alhabshee and resource teacher Penny Chong.

Forum: Disability Sports Master Plan aims to build more inclusive sporting culture with help from all

Forum: Child needed calm corner, but front-line staff’s response was unsupportive

Forum: Task force working on strengthening employment support for persons with disabilities

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