Centres run by non-profit groups offer lifelines to kids with special needs

Parents who cannot afford private therapies need to rely on do-gooders to help their children.

SUPPORTING six children, including a seven-year-old autistic daughter, on a monthly income of RM3000 has been tough on businessman Kamarul Zaini Abdul Ghani. He couldn’t afford to send her to private therapists and had to rely on services provided by government hospital.