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For individuals over 50, around 13.3% are considered disabled; between ages 18 and 49, around 3.4% are disabled and 2.1% of children under 18 are disabled in Singapore. [ 6 ] Of those who have a disability, around half are considered physical or sensory disabilities. [ 6 ] One in 68 children in Singapore has been diagnosed with autism. [ 7 ]
The Purple Parade. The Purple Parade is a unifying national platform to promote awareness and celebrate abilities of Persons with Disabilities in Singapore. The Purple Parade movement ensures that Persons with Disabilities are included in Singapore’s growth and have equal access to education, employment, transport and social networks.
City Harvest Community Services Association [1] Disabled People's Association. Touch Community Services [2] Rainbow Centre [3] Presbyterian Community Services [4] Christian Outreach for The Handicapped [5] Extra•Ordinary People [6]
21–26 October – The Singapore national culinary team won the Culinary Olympics for the first time with one gold for the Cold Display category and one gold for the Hot Cooking category. The team consisted of six male chefs: Louis Tay, Teo Yeow Siang, Alan Wong, Triston Fang, Roy Lim and Alex Chong. [133] 21 October –.
Kuala Lumpur 2017 →. The 2015 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 8th ASEAN Para Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2015, was a Southeast Asian disabled multi-sport event held from 3 to 9 December 2015 in the city-state of Singapore. [ 4] Unlike the previous editions the games were held six months after the closing of the 2015 ...
Singapore sent two swimmers to the 2016 Summer Paralympics: Yip Pin Xiu and Theresa Goh. [6] On 10 September, Yip won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke, S2 finals with a world record of 2:07.09, with an additional world record for the 59.38 split for the first 50m of the race. [11] On 12 September, Goh won a bronze medal in the SB4 100m ...
Yip Pin Xiu[a] PJG PLY (born 10 January 1992) is a Singaporean backstroke swimmer. [1][2] She is a six-time Paralympic gold medalist and four-time World Champion, with two world records in the 50 m backstroke S2 and the 100 m backstroke S2. Yip is Singapore's most decorated Paralympian and Southeast Asia's most decorated swimming Paralympian.
Chia Yong Yong (Chinese: 谢邕邕; pinyin: Xiè Yōngyōng; born 1962) is a Singaporean lawyer, disability advocate and a former Nominated Member of Parliament of Singapore from August 2014 to September 2018. [1]