Disabled people finding jobs through placement programme, Dewan Rakyat told


KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resources Minister has said that autistic people and those with learning disabilities are receiving job opportunities, with over 1,000 finding employment through the Job Placement Programme.

Steven Sim said that from 2020 until September, the Social Security Organisation (Socso) registered 21,160 disabled people as job seekers on the MYFutureJobs portal, with 1,246 securing new roles.

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