Year: 2016

What it Takes to Nurture Young People with Disabilities
After her record-breaking feats last year, a bond-free scholarship was launched under the name of Singapore’s golden girl Yip Pin Xiu at the Singapore Management University. It is a big [...]
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Letter of Appreciation from a Primary School Student
Speaking on the theme of resilience at the Children’s Day Concert at Methodist Girls’ School (Primary) in October, SPD President Ms Chia Yong Yong shared stories of her experience growing [...]
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Celebrating Life’s Every Triumph Together – Keagan Lim
Support from his parents, professionals and his teachers have helped create an effective learning environment for Keagan Lim, a cheery boy who attended SPD’s Continuing Therapy Programme (CTP) at SPD@Tampines.
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Celebrating Life’s Every Triumph Together – Shee Shu Xin, “I can, I can, I can…
In this article, SPD volunteer Shee Shu Xin, shares her rehabilitation journey after her spinal cord injury and how she learnt to focus on “I can” instead of ‘I can’t”.
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Occupational Therapy for Older Adults with Chronic Diseases
With our limited resources, volunteers play an important role, helping to provide additional help to SPD’s programmes and services from time to time. A happy volunteering experience comes from a [...]
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Happy Volunteering
With our limited resources, volunteers play an important role, helping to provide additional help to SPD’s programmes and services from time to time. A happy volunteering experience comes from a [...]
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Hack-A-Toy for Children with Special Needs
Toys and playtime are important in a child’s growing years and they contribute to the development of skills such as motor and social skills. However, many off-the-shelf toys are not [...]
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SPD Speech Therapy Team Presents: Café Therapy@Tiong Bahru
Speech Therapy Week is held every year to raise awareness of communication and swallowing disorders, as well as the work of speech therapists. The theme for this year was "Communication [...]
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‘Count Me In’ Charity Concert Raises Close to $300,000 for People with Disabilities
It was an evening to remember as the much-lauded Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) performed a fusion of traditional Chinese music pieces with popular Broadway and Western classical crossover numbers under [...]
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Hack-A-Toy — All in the name of inclusive fun!
Technology and engineering can help to overcome barriers and challenges that people with disabilities face, enabling them to live more independently and thrive in the community. Hence, we are very [...]
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