The latest updates from Singapore's disability and inclusion sector — covering policy, assistive technology, education, employment, and community stories.
Dr Chen Shiling, founder of Happee Hearts Movement and its IDHealth clinic, has been named The Straits Times Singaporean of the Year 2025, in recognition of her work improving healthcare access for people with intellect…
A new ground-up pilot, REACT CareTag, will distribute up to 500 location trackers to caregivers of people with special needs or dementia, with the aim of reducing panic when a loved one goes missing.
The Singapore government will add 880 places across day activity centres (DACs) and sheltered workshops (SWs) from 2026 to 2027 to cater to the demand for adult disability services.
Singapore will add three new special education (SPED) schools for students with autism spectrum disorder with intellectual disability (ASD-ID), with the first opening from mid-2026 as demand for places continues to rise.
There’s been a lot of talk about robots “helping humans,” but here's the part that actually matters: safer, more natural two-arm coordination in home settings.
A small playgroup for children with disabilities has grown into a strong, volunteer-driven community that now runs regular sports activities, social connection, and family support.
Singapore is testing how assistive robots can bring rehab closer to home.
A team from the National University of Singapore has launched “AiSee”, an AI-powered assistive headset designed to help people with vision loss commute and shop more independently.
The 13th ASEAN Para Games (Thailand 2025) may have played out across seven days, but for Team Singapore, it read like a tightly edited story arc: an early spark, a mid-Games surge, and a final-day punctuation mark in go…
Alita Initiative is Singapore’s only dragon boat team with paddlers including amputees and stroke survivors — and they’ve had to redesign the sport to make it work (custom seating, straps, paddle adaptations, lots of re…
On 21 January 2026, Team Singapore got off to a flying start on Day One of the 13th ASEAN Para Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand with two golds and two silvers.
A new pilot is bringing dysphagia-friendly dining into restaurants in Singapore, so people with swallowing difficulties (including stroke survivors and those living with conditions like Parkinson’s disease or dementia)…