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Heart of the Matter: What happens after special needs adults end formal schooling?

In the special needs sector, the term “cliff effect” describes the problems faced by parents when their special needs children turn 18 and leave school. CNA’s Heart of the Matter podcast discusses the big gap in ensuring everyone on the spectrum has access to good care facilities.

Heart of the Matter - S4E2: 18 and out of school: Who can help with lifelong support for special needs kids?

The options confronting parents of special needs children after they complete formal schooling in Singapore can be dismal - leading some to stay home and the burden on caregivers to increase. What are the gaps in the system and what more needs to be done? Steven Chia sits down with Bernard Chew, St Andrew’s Autism

Covid-hit arts groups continue to do good

Madam Lee Moy Yin looks forward to the weekly dance and music exercises. Organised by Decadance Co at a Lion Befrienders Senior Activity Centre near her home, these sessions used to be conducted on-site at the centre, but they have now moved online as a result of Covid-19. While Madam Lee, 69, misses chatting with her friends and neighbours at the on-site sessions, she has since taken to the virtual classes. She uses a SilverPad a senior-friendly, iPad-like device with a simple interface to watch the pre-recorded sessions online and is able to re-watch her favourite sessions whenever she wants to.

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