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New pilot to better support persons with higher need disabilities and their caregivers
Senior social worker Tay Yu Ping (left) with Ms Shantini Murugiah at Limbang Park during a community walk on April 20, 2021.ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
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How SocialStory celebrated International Women’s Week – the top stories of the week
This week, SocialStory witnessed a number of women-led and women-run non-profits and NGOs that have been uplifting and empowering women.
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SocialStory celebrated women in the social impact space, during the International Women’s Week 2021.
While Jasmine started
Project Balika to empower millions of girls with school education, Selvarani from Trichy started the Sri Selliah Memorial Special
School for Intellectually Disabled Children.
Meanwhile, a mother-daughter-granddaughter trio is
empowering artisans to become more independent financially through their knitting initiative.
Here are the top Social Stories of the week:
Dr Claudine Pang’s gentle nature, soft-spoken voice and sunny disposition belies her prowess in the medical field. Her achievements read like a laundry list – for one, she is one of the few doctors with multiple international fellowships in the subspecialty fields of both medical retina and vitreoretinal surgery; she is also the first woman in the world to receive the coveted William H Ross Surgical Vitreoretinal Fellowship.
To bring eye health awareness to the forefront, the eye surgeon, ophthalmologist, Medical Director and Founder of Asia Retina Eye Surgery Centre created the first mobile eye health app in Singapore. The app allows users to perform basic self-assessment tests and includes eye wellness tips. For the centre’s patients, it sends reminder alerts for eye drop applications and holds patient records.
This ex-lawyer is making life meaningful for intellectually-disabled children in Trichy yourstory.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yourstory.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in finding a 26-year-old intellectually disabled man with a history of wandering off.
Vincent Morton is 5 foot 11 inches, 180 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes, according to the Sheriff’s Office. He was last seen Thursday at about 7 p.m. in the 1500 block of Maxwell Street, near South Academy Boulevard, wearing a red and black jacket, red plaid pajama-style pants and white tennis shoes.
Morton has a history of running away, officials said, but he usually only goes missing for a few hours.