A new Enabling Services Hub has opened, bringing disability and caregiving support closer to residents in western Singapore.
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SparkAbility 2026: A Walk for Change was launched on 6 May 2026 by SPD and Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) during a memorandum of understanding ceremony.
As part of their final-year project, four NTU students launched a campaign to improve public understanding and acceptance of assistance dogs in Singapore.
Dr Chen Shiling, founder of Happee Hearts Movement and its IDHealth clinic, has been named The Straits Times Singaporean of the Year 2025.
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 tests how assistive robots can bring rehab closer to home.
A team from a local university has launched an AI-powered assistive headset 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…