10 key recommendations for the employment of persons with disabilities in Singapore Details Published: 16 April 2021
These include hubs to offer employment and on-the-job training to PWDs, an extended programme to support students in the transition from school to work, and more.
Earlier this week, Singapore s Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) announced a suite of new initiatives to enhance the support for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and their families, across their life stages.
These efforts, it stated, will further support MSF’s vision to empower PWDs to achieve their potential and participate as integral and contributing members of our society. Overall, these efforts will fall into the nation s Enabling Masterplans, a series of five-year roadmaps for the government and the community to work together and support PWDs.
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A man in a wheelchair. (File photo: Gaya Chandramohan)
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SINGAPORE: As a digital services assistant with the National Library Board (NLB), Mr Elliot Goh spends his time scanning documents and turning them into soft copies.
The 21-year-old, who has Autism Spectrum Disorder, took four months to prepare for the job.
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He joined the Autism Resource Centre s Employability and Employment Centre (E2C) in October 2019, going through the pre-assessment and assessment processes, which identifies Mr Goh s strengths and weaknesses and his motivation to work.