Parliament: More support needed for disabled in areas like healthcare and jobs, says Denise Phua

SINGAPORE - Despite the progress made in the last 20 years for persons with disabilities, more needs to be done to plug gaps in areas like healthcare and jobs, said Ms Denise Phua .

Options for people with disabilities after they graduate from special education schools are limited, she added. As for education, Ms Phua said the"cliff effect phenomenon" for Sped students is well known. It refers to how services for Sped students drops to little or nothing after they complete formal schooling when they are about 18. And most SkillsFuture offerings are not accessible to adults with disabilities as there is no disability learning support, she added.

First, the way society sees a person with disabilities must change - not as a patient with an illness to be cured or someone who needs charity, pity and is a victim of life. Instead, disabilities need to be seen as a result of attitudinal, environmental and social barriers - and removing these barriers will allow a disabled person to participate fully in community life.

Fourth, Ms Phua said there needs to be more structure in policymaking and implementing services for persons with disabilities, so"resources can be allocated from a 'life-cycle' perspective, knowing that each move make will impact the rest of the whole eco-system".GOVT STEPPING UP EFFORTS In response, Minister of State for Social and Family Development and Education Sun Xueling said efforts to address the issues faced by people with disabilities are ongoing.

For the insurance sector, the Social and Family Development Ministry and Monetary Authority of Singapore are looking to issue guidelines for insurers to treat people with disabilities like everyone else, unless such differences can be justified, said Ms Sun.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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