Autism hub to be ready by May 2015

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and autistic planist Clarence Kang Zheng Wei taking photo after official opening International Seminar on Autism 2014 at PICC Putrajaya.With them is Clarence mother.

PUTRAJAYA: The first National Centre of Excellence for Autism, scheduled to be fully operational in Kuala Lumpur by May next year, is set to change the landscape of special education in Malaysia.

Also known as the Permata Kurnia project, the centre will provide early intervention and early childhood special education to 300 children with autism aged between two and six years old. This would be the first-ever project for children with disabilities to be fully funded by the Government, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.