Dealing with autism: Doing what it takes

A father

This dad took on the task to learn about autism to deal with his son's condition. He has now set up a learning centre for children with similar disabilities.

QUITTING his job to set up an autism centre made perfect sense to Mohd Fakhri Nor Affandi even though he knew next to nothing about special needs education. He wanted to help his eldest son Nouri who had been diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficiency Hyperactivity Syndrome (ADHD), and realised that he had to take on that task himself.