Creating awareness of autism


The participants taking part in one of the games during the event.

JOHOR BARU: Malaysia has about 47,000 children with autism who are not diagnosed at an early age, due to lack of awareness of this developmental disorder.

KPJ Bandar Dato’ Onn Specialist hospital (KPJBDOSH) executive director and chief executive officer Asmadi Bakri said this during the “Messy, Fun and Engage” programme organised by the hospital.

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