[Feature Article] Free Malaysia Today: Stigma Towards Autism Still Persistent
KUALA LUMPUR: There is still a lot of stigma towards autism in Malaysia, especially among parents who believe the neurodevelopment disorder is contagious.
KUALA LUMPUR: There is still a lot of stigma towards autism in Malaysia, especially among parents who believe the neurodevelopment disorder is contagious.
In the June edition of The Malaysian Women’s Weekly, our director, Jochebed Isaacs was featured in the Women Share segment called “Changing Lives”.
On the 23rd of April, The Star featured another article on EAP Malaysia’s World Autism Awareness Day event held on the 2nd of April, highlighting our Paint For Autism project.
On the 13th of April, Jochebed Isaacs, our director, was featured in an interview in Harian Metro.
On the 28th of March 2016, Steve and Shaz from the Lite Breakfast Show interviewed Sarah Woo, one of our supervisors, on her experience working with children with autism. 2 of our big boys were also on the show, sharing their passion, talents and joy!
On the 19th of April 2016, Jochebed Isaacs, was featured in the Sin Chew Newspaper, speaking about parents’ acceptance of their child’s diagnosis, as well as how the Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) can be used not just with children with autism, but in a typical classroom setting as well.
On the 9th of April, The Star featured an article on EAP Malaysia’s World Autism Awareness Day event held on the 2nd of April.
On the 5th of April, our director, Jochebed Isaacs, was featured in the Sin Chew Newspaper, speaking about an introduction to autism.
On the 8th of April EAP Malaysia was featured, with Jochebed Isaacs, our director, in Berita Harian under the family section.
We had the honour of being featured on Hello Malaysia on Bernama TV, on a segment called Autism Speaks. The show aired on 1st April 2016, and repeats over the next week.