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Office on Disability

This proposal outlines the creation of a national office on disability, mandated to optimize resources from various ministries and engage public and private sectors to support persons with disabilities (PWDs). Key areas of focus include early intervention, education, and employment. Current challenges include a lack of mainstreaming of disability issues and insufficient expertise. Recommendations involve collaboration among ministries, setting up employment panels, and ensuring that resources are utilized effectively to improve outcomes for PWDs.

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Office on Disability

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  1. Office on Disability

  2. MACROSYSTEM –Office on Disability EXOSYSTEM MESOSYSTEM MICROSYSTEM

  3. the vision A national office on disability that will be given the mandate to pull and optimize resources from various ministries and agencies, and galvanize the people and private sectors to ensure effective outcomes for persons with disabilities (PWDs).

  4. In short, • a state-run administrative centre • given the authority to attract and utilize resources

  5. From Where? • MOE, MOH, MOM and MCYS • to arouse interest in the public and private sectors • to achieve guaranteed successful results for PWDs • mainly in the areas of early intervention, education and employment Why?

  6. What are the current challenges? • Disability issues are not mainstreamed • Lack of expertise in the following areas in disability -early intervention, education and employment • Parents of PWDs and professionals working with PWDs want to have the traditional leadership to be reformed • Employment of PWDs should be equally pursued by the coordination between MOM, WDA and MCYS

  7. What are the recommendations? • Have senior leaders from MCYS, MOE, MOH and MOM to be a part of the office and include VWOs and NCSS as well WHY?

  8. MOE – look into providing quality education, to increase the future prospects of children with special needs • MOH – rehabilitation services (OT, PT, SLT) and medical needs • MOM – tie up with industries and schools • MCYS &NCSS – to continue to provide social service support to children and their families

  9. What are the recommendations? • Set up an employment panel co-led by MOM, WDA and MCYS to work closely with MOE and MOH • Have effective ways and strategies to make full use of the limited resources to generate optimal results. Examples: Donations from individual and corporate

  10. What are the recommendations? • To embark on a study to establish the rate of disability that is occurring in Singapore. Regular review is needed to include emerging disabilities. • To avoid overlapping of services (elderly disabled-related issues), the national office should focus on early intervention, education and employment.

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