PASSION FOR Disability

I am an active volunteer in the Disability sector. I learnt about the many challenges faced by this special-needs community, from raising my own autistic son and interacting with so many in the community. In trying to contribute, these are my key involvements in the last 20 years:

• One of key architects of Singapore’s 3 five-year Enabling MasterPlan for the Disabled

• Co-chairman of Workgroup for Jobs in the Future for  Persons with Disabilities

• Founder and Advisor to The Purple Parade, Singapore’s largest annual gathering of the special needs community and supporters

• Founder and Advisor to The Purple Symphony, Singapore’s largest inclusive orchestra comprising more than 100 musicians with and without special needs

• President of Autism Resource Centre, the largest autism charity in Singapore

• Board Member, Chairman of Services and Programmes Committee of Autism Association Singapore.

• Co-founded Pathlight School in 2004 for students with autism taking the national mainstream PSLE and GCE route. Volunteer School Supervisor since 2004

• Revamped Eden School for students with autism taking vocational route. Volunteer School Supervisor since 2008

• Led in the development and transformation of services for adults with autism – Employability and Employment Centre (ARC) and Eden Centre for Adults

• Helped successfully set up Singapore’s first Autism Network Singapore uniting key social service agencies supporting this community

• Leading and co-ordinating a mini autism enabling masterplan to identify gaps and prioritise actions to better the life outcomes of the autism community