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Date: 29th June 2020 There is a need for proactive steps to be taken by the authorities to support families and early intervention programme (EIP) centres, and offer real solutions to meet financial needs. Many early childhood services are at risk of closing down as they are unable to maintain the financial commitment to their…
Date: 15 May 2020 Ng Lai Thin, NECIC’s Project Officer, spoke to BFM89.9 about the guidelines on keeping early childhood care and education environments safe for children in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Link: Full podcast of the interview.
Date: 10th April 2020 The movement control order (MCO) imposed on the nation has been very useful to slow down the spread of Covid-19. We are however just at the beginning of this pandemic. It is expected that Covid-19 cases will rebound episodically and we will have to control each ‘wave’ until it gradually fades…
Published Date: April 2020 Type: Guidance Toolkit This COVID-19 hygiene and safety guidance was written to guide early childhood centres to take precautionary measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 disease in the community when the centres reopen for operation as instructed by relevant government authorities. This guideline is written for the context in early…
Published Date: December 2019 Type: Report Author: Zoe Gan, UNICEF Malaysia The purpose of this issue brief is to outline the national context for girls and boys with disabilities in Malaysia. In recognition of a rights-based approach to disability, this analysis briefly highlights key attitudinal, environmental and institutional barriers that can prevent children and adults…
Date: 8th Oct 2019 The National Early Childhood Intervention Council (NECIC) would like to respond to a report entitled “A school of their own” (Sunday Star, Sept 15), which highlighted the immense lack of early intervention services to serve the increasing number of children with autism in Malaysia. We at the NECIC agree that both…
Date: 31st July 2019 The National Early Childhood Intervention Council (NECIC) would like to respond to Letter from Jerrica Fatima Ann on “An Inclusive Education Minefield” where she suggested to “put away the roadmap to Inclusive education until the state and civil society awaken to their responsibility”. We would like to highlight constructive and workable…
Published: Type: Author: 15 April 2019 Article Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS This article outlined the challenges faced by children with disabilities through different stages of life and calls for substantive support by the government and the Malaysian society to support the needs of persons with high support needs. Links: Article published in:
Date: 27th March 2019 Symbols and labels matter in everyday life. They determine how we look at and shape our opinion of an area/subject. Children and persons with disability often get labelled or typecast in symbols that are limiting and hinder their progress. The common symbol we use to depict all children and persons with…
Published: December 2018 Type: Research – Survey Authors: Amar-Singh HSS, Alvin Teoh, Shyielathy Arumugam, Sarini Bujang, Edmund Lim, Ng Lai Thin Inclusive education of children with disabilities is accepted internationally as a standard and right for all children. While Malaysia appears to subscribe to this opinion in principle, the reality on the ground appears to…