Hope Place provides assistance to autistic boy and family
KUCHING: A 13-year-old boy received assistance from Hope Place, after the social worker’s department of Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) informed the non-governmental organisation (NGO) of the family’s struggles. Allence Alexson George has severe autism with intellectual disability, probably since birth but was only diagnosed when he was two-years-old after his mother realised his abnormal behaviour. […]
Association gears up to build new block for kids with autism in Sibu
SIBU: In an effort to assist each and every autistic child in the city, the Sibu Autistic Association (SAA) plans to build a new educational block. According to its president David Ngu Tai Giin, they intend to construct an educational block next to their current premises since the existing building has limited space. “It will […]
Superheroes unite for autism awareness
KUCHING: The community here showed their support for parents and their autistic children by participating in an early morning walk and run. The programme organised by three autism advocacy groups namely, Kuching Autistic Association (KAA) Resource and Education Centre, Pusat Integrasi Pintar (PIP) and Kuching Apple Talent Development and Welfare of Special Needs Club (KATSN) […]
Bunny Autism Run 2023, anyone?
KUCHING: More than 150 autistic children and individuals from Kuching Autistic Association (KAA) will be participating in the upcoming Bunny Autism Run 2023, which will be held on April 30. Organising chairman cum secretary of KAA, Duane Reggie Tersan said that the charity run will be held starting at Kuching South City Council (MBKS) at […]
Virtual talk on communication with autistic children
MIRI: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Miri (Pustaka Miri) will be conducting a virtual talk on communication with autistic children. The talk will be given by Linda Blance Jau from Miri Hospital and it will focus on the language of children with autism covering their characteristics, language problems, implications on language interventions and communication effectiveness. Linda will […]
Pandemic putting strain on autistic children and their parents
KUCHING: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been unsettling on mothers and since the day online lessons were introduced by the Ministry of Education (MoE). Juggling between daily work and childcare, the closure of schools has been seen as an unfavourable move, especially by mothers with special needs children. Evahaizura Husaini, mother of seven-year-old […]
Centre also supports teachers, parents
KUCHING: The Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development aims to extend support to teachers and parents of children with special needs at the One-Stop Early Intervention Centre (Oseic) at Metrocity Matang here. Its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said with the establishment of Oseic, the ministry’s next step was to extend […]
A gift from above
A mother’s love is like nothing else in the world. It is strong and gentle, loud and quiet, protecting and releasing one thing in one moment and another in the next moment. It changes with a child’s needs, but is always there, unmoving. Learning to accept A mother’s love knows no bounds. Warm, tender, gentle […]
Tough time don’t last, Tough people do
Life still goes on Having been blessed with an autistic son, Charles Siaw, 58 and Roselind Wee, 60 had braved the hardship together; coming out stronger than before. Initially, their son was not found autistic as a toddler. Not a typical case, their son, Jonathan Siaw was diagnosed with a late-onset autism spectrum disorder. According […]
