November 2017

SPD Conferred Charity Transparency Award for the Second Year

SPD received the Charity Transparency Award (CTA) from Ms Yeoh Chee Yan, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, at the Charity Transparency Awards Ceremony on 15 [...]

Bouncing Back from Life’s Adversities

Life is like a roller-coaster. It is full of ups and downs and at times, we have to deal with unexpected incidents or events. There could be a myriad of [...]

Ngee Ann Polytechnic Conducts Vision Screening for Young Clients

Close to 40 children from SPD’s Building Bridges EIPIC Centres benefited from a vision screening conducted by Ngee Ann Polytechnic at SPD@Jurong on 11 November 2017. The children were tested [...]

Seeding Service Excellence Values in SPD

The SPD Service Excellence Award (SEA) is a quarterly award given to SPD staff. The award aims to inculcate a service-centric culture within the organisation, and to acknowledge and reward [...]

Celebrating Life’s Every Triumph – Lee Ci En

Despite his diminutive stature, Lee Ci En stands tall with his gregarious personality and unfailing optimism. The 21-year-old was born with Achondroplasia, a form of short-limbed dwarfism, and he has [...]

Experiential Learning Through Trick-or-Treat

Little ones from the Building Bridges EIPIC Centre@SPD Ability Centre played dress-up and went trick-or-treating to offices at the SPD Ability Centre on 30 and 31 October, delighting everyone with [...]

SPD Marks Speech Therapy Day

The Speech Therapy (ST) Week is celebrated annually in Singapore and this year’s celebrations at SPD were filled with activities aimed at getting people to find out more about the [...]

SPD at the Purple Parade 2017

It was a sea of purple as the crowd gathered in support of inclusion and the celebration of the different abilities of persons with special needs. For the fifth year [...]

Our First Ever Young Adult AAC Event

The Specialised Assistive Technology Centre (ATC), SPD held their first ever Young Adult AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication) Event on the 27th of October, 2017. Get the scoop here...

SEN Apps Blog: A Wonderful Resource for AEDs and SPED Teachers

Click here for to find out more about our micro-blog of iPad Apps and non-Apps solutions for your AT inclusive classroom.