Needy Disabled Students Get Vouchers

This article appeared on Channel NewsAsia on 31 January 2009:

Needy disabled students get vouchers which can be used for therapy
By Valarie Tan

SINGAPORE: Over S$30,000 worth of service vouchers were handed out to 137 disabled students on Saturday to help them tide over the difficult times.

Each student received a S$300 service card.

The Society of Physically Disabled said the additional fund would hopefully ensure that these students have access to important services like therapy, which families may otherwise forgo to cut expenses.

The same group of disabled students and some 20 others with disabled parents also received S$124,000 in bursaries.

All of them are currently enrolled in mainstream schools.

To help their teachers better integrate them in the classroom, the society also published a new handbook with tips on how to include disabled students in school.