Press Release
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Toolbox to Implement Inclusion in Malaysian Preschools
Press statement for the publication of “Small Steps, Big Changes for Preschool Inclusion” book by Lai-Thin Ng
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Protecting Children With Disabilities From Abuse
Date: 9th January 2023 Many of us who work with children with disabilities, are care partners, or persons with disabilities, were heartbroken this week with the terrible and inhumane abuse and killing of a six-year-old disabled girl in Sarawak. This poor girl was abused, murdered and then stuffed into a sack before being dumped in…
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Saving Our Early Intervention Service For Children With Disabilities
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…
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Ensuring a Covid-19-safe environment for early intervention centres, childcare centres and kindergartens post-lockdown
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…
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Re-think education for special needs children
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…
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In Education, We Should Be Asking: “How Can We Become More Inclusive?”
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…
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5 Major Gaps in Services for Children with Disabilities
Date: 29th August 2018 This is an open letter to the ministers and ministries of Education, Health and Welfare to outline key gaps in our services for children with disabilities. The National Early Childhood Intervention Council (NECIC) is a registered coalition of parents, therapists and professionals from a large number of NGOs and agencies working…
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Hope for an Inclusive Malaysia
Date: 14th May 2018 Against all odds, Malaysia has experienced a peaceful transition of power in line with the will of the people. This is a moment that all Malaysians are proud of. The NECIC (National Early Childhood Intervention Council) would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our new seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia,…
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Inclusive Education for All Children
Date: 29th December 2017 As Paediatricians, Therapists & NGOs working with children we wish to see a fully inclusive education system which welcomes the wide diversity already existing in our society. We wish to see that every learner is given an equal chance and that all children can be provided with the necessary support to…
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Better Support for Children with Special Needs
Date: 11th May 2017 Organisers of this year’s Borneo International Marathon (BIM), which was held last Sunday in Kota Kinabalu (pic), partnered with UNICEF Malaysia to raise both awareness of disability and acceptance for people with disabilities. The theme for this year’s marathon, #thisability, urged the public to see beyond a child’s disability and to…