Building work skills in autistic kids


Lum (back row, second from left), Ideas board member Tengku Sarah Rahayu (back row, second from right) and Sharifah (next to her) with participants showing their certificates. — Photos: AZLINA ABDULLAH/The Star

WITH World Autism Awareness Day approaching in April, Ideas Autism Centre (IAC) decided to call public attention to a corporate-funded programme to build work skills for autistic youths who come from underprivileged backgrounds.

IAC teamed up with TouchNGo (TnG) throughout 2023 to conduct a pre-vocational training programme for autistic students aged 10 to 14.

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