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there are many people with special needs whether it be severe or not.
The 4 main groups of special needs is physical, developmental, behavioral/emotional and sensory impaired. As a result, there are many organisations to help these people learn and interact with others for example Rainbow centre, an education system for children aged 7-18 which is taught by teachers, phycologists, and many different therapists specialised in different areas. The fact that there are many centres as such show that Singapore is still trying to help these people and the government is trying not to leave such people out in events and programs. But in a large community of strangers, these people with special needs still stand out and if they do not try to socialise with others, many a times they are left alone. No matter how much the government helps these people, what we can do is to include them in the activities we do and not stay away from them because it is not their fault they are born this way and they are just like any of us with a bit of disability

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they exist and are amongst us. even though they may require more attention or other things compared to us, we should not treat them differently or badly, they are still human after all

one organisation i know of is called rainbow centre and it's non-profit which is super cool and assuring to know that at least there are some kind souls in singapore willing to help others

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special needs are those who need special care due to many reasons such as autism, down syndrome, blindness, ADHD, etc
the special needs can be found among us and the special needs community is also growing bigger. this means that they also need more support from us

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1. People with special needs need more support.
2. Examples of some people with special needs are people with Autism, Down Syndrome, Dyslexia and many other diseases.
3.  Some shopping centers have quite hours when people with Autism can come and not suffer with lots of loud noises surrounding them.
4.  People with special needs need lots of encouragement and support from the community. Hence, we, as people without special needs, should give our support to the people with special needs :)
LET'S HELP THEM !!

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Special needs people are a group of people with special needs, example dyslexia, down-syndrome, etc.

People with special needs usually have problems integrating into society due to them being different. They also have problems finding jobs, because most stores or companies do not want to hire people with special needs.

People with special needs sometimes go to special schools, where there are teachers who have been trained to cater to their needs and help them learn.
Let's do what we can to help them yea?

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many people in sg has these disabilities. some of the types of special needs i know of are, down syndrome, autism,  dyslexia,  ADHD, blindness, deafness and mute. people with special needs generally needs more support than others, however, they are still capable of doing the same things as us. children with special needs goes to special schools where the teachers there had special training as to how to cater to their needs, handle them, teach them, etc.
lETS aLL tRY oUR bEST tO hELP tHEM yE ?

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I know that there are people with special needs who live in Singapore. Even though they may face difficulties when completing certain tasks, it doesn't mean that they are not able to.

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special needs is when you have a physical or mental disability

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We might not always be able to notice but there are many people around us with special needs.

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People with special needs come under four categories:
physical disabilities - visually impaired
- muscular dystrophy?
- emotional/psychological - bi polar
-  intellectual - Down syndrome?
There are organizations like APSN ( Association of people with special needs ) , MINDS ( Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore, Rainbow Centre

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High-Incidence Special Needs

Speech and/ or language delays

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cognitive delays

Social & emotional disorders

Learning differences/disabilities

these are the most common forms of special needs.

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Special needs are people

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1: There are many people with special needs
2: There are many types of special needs (autistic[?], disabled, deaf, mute,etc[?????])
3: When someone does not have the ability to do things we consider to be normal(??)
4: Other people has been taking steps to help these special needs people and allow them to be able to get a complete education(or at least until primary school) and a good job
5: There are now some schools and places for special needs.
:3

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special needs children are children who needs who needs extra attention and help. they are not able to do certain things because of their disabilities. some of these disabilities i know are down syndrome , adhd and dyslexia some physical disabilities i know are like being deaf, blind or born with no limbs

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People with special needs are born or are diagnosed with certain syndromes. Compared to the rest of the population, they may have certain conditions that are different from us.

People with special needs come under a few categories, medical, mental and psychological.

The types of special needs vary in severity. Hence, there are special need schools for children who have special needs.

My cousin was born with cerebral palsy, and it means that his muscle movement, hearing, vision and more is affected. I know that being a special needs parent isn't always easy. My uncle and aunt spend a lot of time with my cousin and they have to take care of him extra.

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people with special needs refer to people who are diagnosed with mental/physical "disabilities", usually at a young age. i don't think disability is the right word because i believe that those with special needs are still able to do the things an average ordinary person can.
one organisation that works closely with supporting those with special needs is the Sharity Donation, where the money people donate is used to help support those with special needs. there is also the Rainbow Centre, which is an organisation (?) that provides education which caters to those with special needs.

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the moe is trying to help them accomodate and provide centres for them like Rainbow Centre, a school for special needs and many more. Personally,special needs people are just like us,it 's just they have a hard time to understand why things work that way,and they need more assistance in both studies and mental thoughts. :)

personally,i do know people with special needs like autism. But they still can go to a normal school like all of us,just a bit harder to adapt, so we should not underestimate them just because you relate them to "special needs"

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The situation with special needs is actually quite prevalent in Singapore, even if many of us do not know about it. There are organisations that serve to protect and to care for these people, to give them a better life. Special needs would probably be define as people who have health conditions that cause them to be unable to do certain things- for example, people with down syndrome, blind people, etc.
I myself know a few people who have special needs- my aunt is slightly autistic. However, she is still able to work and earn money for a living.
Looking at her case, I feel that people with special needs should be given the chance to play an effort in society, even as small as the contribution may be. They deserve their humanly rights and freedom

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there are many people in Singapore who have special needs, and there are special schools for them to receive an education and learn life skills. however, we often do not accept these people as a part of our community, and we tend to refer to the them as though they are abnormal. we should all learn to be more accepting and accommodating to their needs. they are human and have their own lives too, and having special needs is something beyond their control. i think our society needs to work on being more inclusive of these people. perhaps the more open to them we are, the better they will be able to integrate into the society as many of them suffer from social awkwardness due to a lack of communication.

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We are actually all special needs. We have weaknesses and strengths too, just like special needs do. Some special needs are extremely good at math, some are good at drawing or even playing musical instruments without much practice. They have their own special strengths and weaknesses so i think they are just like us, but special:D

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There are many different types of people that have special needs, and they are not necessarily people who suffer from autism. Special needs could be anger management problems, or even those with  physical defects. Each special needs person requires different types of help. Taking care of people with special needs can be both very physically and mentally draining. Helping the special needs is not difficult, an example would be donating to Sharity Elephant whenever the donation slips are given out

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I feel that special needs means that when someone does not have an ability to perform normal everyday things which most of us can do such as walking , talking and many more. Some of which are due to medical or mental illnesses and psychologically. There are quite a lot of special needs people and we should be more understanding and patient with them. A lot of special needs kids in my opinion are thought of as acting a bit crazy and like kids whom parents didn't teach them well.
Most of the time it is because they cannot help it so we should be more patient towards them

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people with special needs require more attention and need more time to understand stuff so we should be patient with them

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People with special needs may only need a little help or could need a lot of help from people. For example, they could even need help breathing,eating and moving about. People may also look down of them due to their disability, getting a job is tough for them as shop owners may not want to hire them due to the mindset that they may hinder the company's progress. Getting a education can be tough too as there are not many schools available. There are so a few organisations working to help such people such as Community Chest. Some people with special needs might end up in normal stream schools

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Special needs are people with learning difficulties , physically disabled and emotionally or mentally affected .Some also have behavioural difficulties .These people do take a long time to learn hence we have to ensure we are patient with them together with that people who are deprived from their education due to their special needs indeed  need special attention .

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I only know that people with special needs have disabilities. For example, autism. One school that offers help for students with autism is Pathlight School located in Ang Mo Kio.

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I only know that people with special needs have disabilities. For example, autism. One school that offers help for students with autism is Pathlight School located in Ang Mo Kio.

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they always lack jobs to be independent in the future and people always look down on them just because they might not be able to do certain things that we can but actually they can be talented in other things

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peop

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people with special needs are people who may have some disabilities and may need some help in some areas but even though they have special needs and may be different from us we should not leave them behind and ostracize them as they are still normal and nice people.They may be different but so is everyone,we are all different people and we should treat everyone equally and with respect;we should include them and we also should not treat them differently or treat them like glass because they are still the same and may not want to be treated that way just because of their disability.Even when treating them equally we should still take their disability into consideration and not just ignore them. We should be aware of how to help them but not overly so

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people with special needs are people with physical or mental disabilities.

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I know that these people may or may not be born with these disabilities, but they deserve to be treated as equal, and they also deserve to live a 'normal' life, like the rest of us. Therefore, I understand that we should do the best we can to help them, be it through VIA projects or even just volunteering during our free time. However, they may find some things, that we find normal, uncomfortable, and so we need to take their point of view into consideration and find ways to help them effectively.

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I know that these people may or may not be born with these disabilities, but they deserve to be treated as equal, and they also deserve to live a 'normal' life, like the rest of us. Therefore, I understand that we should do the best we can to help them, be it through VIA projects or even just volunteering during our free time. However, they may find some things, that we find normal, uncomfortable, and so we need to take their point of view into consideration and find ways to help them effectively.

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I know of a school (?) called AWWA

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People with special needs are usually deprived of a proper education because others look down on them and the disabilties/difficulties they face.

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people with special needs are more sensitive to things around us eg noise sight or smell

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some children have autism and others are physically disabled

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people with special needs often face difficulties when doing certain things. some of these people are born with it while some could have done something that caused it. people with special needs should be respected as i do realise that some of them are often bullied and are teased for having special needs. we need to learn to respect people with special needs and be more understanding towards them 

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people with special needs often face difficulties when doing certain things. some of these people are born with it while some could have done something that caused it. people with special needs should be respected as i do realise that some of them are often bullied and are teased for having special needs. we need to learn to respect people with special needs and be more understanding towards them 

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people with special needs might have down-syndrome, autism, physical/emotional/mental disabilities. people with special needs usually find it hard to find jobs and work as people usually don't want to hire people with special needs. i feel like more stores and working places should give people with special needs opportunities to show what they can do. sure, they may face difficulties completing the tasks but after a lot of training and practice, they WILL be able to do it. i feel like society tends to neglect people with special needs and that is certainly not a nice thing to do as they are humans just like us and they have feelings too.

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people who find it challenging to do everyday things that we can easily do

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People with special needs need more time to understand things so they have to go to a different school from other people.

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special needs people should be given a chance and not be looked down on just because their different

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How do they feel when they are aware that they are different from the rest ?
Do you feel left out when you cannot relate what your view is to others ?
Is your everyday life different form ours?
Do you often feel irritated knowing that you cannot cope with your surroundings properly ?
How do you motivate yourself ?
What do you often get inspired by ?
Do you feel that everyone often treats you in a more pitiable way?

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how can we help them and how we can go about doing that

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What do we know?

There are people out there with disabilities, and hence they require special needs.

Different people require different needs.

Types of special needs vary in severity.

People with autism, Down syndrome, dyslexia, blindness, ADHD, or cystic fibrosis, for example, may be considered to have special needs.

However, special needs can also include cleft lips and/or palates, port-wine stains, or missing limbs.

And even if you do not have any disability or condition, you still have your own special needs.

Some organisations that specialise in special needs are:
-APSN
-Rainbow Centre
-European Agency For Special Needs And Inclusive Education
-Movement For The Intellectually Disabled Of Singapore

But even though they may have disabilities, they are still humans.
All of us have our own special needs, and we should not treat them differently.

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are they aware they are "different"?
can they tell when people are annoyed with them?

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1. how do they feel when they're constantly being referred to as "special needs"? I feel that it would get demoralizing after time.

2. how does donating to organizations help? what do they do with the money?

3. Do people really understand what "special needs" mean?

4. How can students and normal citizens help people with special needs?

5. Do the people with special needs feel discouraged that they need extra help? how can we prevent them from feeling that way?

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I want to know why they think that way,like why do they do certain things and stuff

And maybe what we can do to help them get better even if they dont recover fully,like what can we do to "improve" and help them understand more things?

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i want to know how to help as student? because usually people suggest donating but im just a child so i can't really do that so are there any other ways?and like uh why are they so misunderstood because everyone makes assumptions that are negative most of the time :'(

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I would like to know...
1) Do they feel very left out?
2) Is it very tiring as someone with special needs to always have to do things differently or have trouble doing something?
3) Does the government provide schemes to help people with special needs or their caregivers?

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Is it true that some people with autism have special talents?

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How we as students can contribute and help them?
What are the struggles they may face along the way?
What do the organisations do with all that money?

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do the special needs people look normal?

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Will they have difficulty finding jobs?
How do they feel not being the same as other people?

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how do they feel when they are not able to express their feelings "normally" and relate with other people? is it difficult for them to do so?

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are people with special needs aware about when they need help and need to ask for it or must someone constantly care for them?

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How they view the world around them, whether or not they know that they're different from the rest

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are children with special needs ever able to integrate into the community and be considered "the norm" or "one of us" even after receiving education from special needs?

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are people/the government doing their best to help them?

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Special Needs - What do I want to know? 

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Special Needs - What do I want to know? 

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1. What other stuff are the organisations doing to help the people with special needs?

2. How many people are there in Singapore who need Special needs?

3. Is there people who gives a lil' sunshine :) in their lives?

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Do they feel bad about themselves if they know that they r diff? Do the people that take care of the special needs people feel worried for the special needs persons future or sometimes regret having a child if they are the parent of the child???

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A normal child's views and opinions towards his/her surroundings is very different from those of a child with special needs. Hence, how
do schools ensure that there is no incompatibility between the mainstream students and the students with special needs in their schools that could be caused as they might not be able to relate to each other?

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i want to know if there is a way that we can help this people that is not only effective, but will also make a significant impact on their lives. Also, I wonder if they have something that they want organizations to help them with.

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i want to know if there is a way that we can help this people that is not only effective, but will also make a significant impact on their lives. Also, I wonder if they have something that they want organizations to help them with.

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how are those with special needs being supported by the government? for example, i don't think mental health is really made aware in a lot of places because people tend to go on more about physical fitness and health rather than mental health. i think

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What might be some things that

make them happy

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1: How do they feel after knowing that they are different from others?
2: Are their guardians not feel like they wanna be free for a bit?
3: Can the Government do more for them?
4: Are they satisfied with their way of living?
5: Do they feel lonely, thinking that they are the weird ones?
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I would like to know how they develop the disabilities and how we can help these people and what we can do about it. Also I want to know how the caregivers care for them because it's
a 24/7 job and may be very very tiring

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What could have happened for the babies to be born with such defects? Is there a way to prevent it?

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is there a way to prevent babies from being born with special needs ? do they know that they are different from others ? how do they feel about it ? how can we make them feel better if what they feel is negative ?
pLEASE hELP tHEM !!!1!!!1!1

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i want to know if people with special needs like autism will have it until they die.Does therapy really work for the special needs people. Are the parents of the special needs people getting enough help to support their family. Are there efforts put into educating schools and work places about what the special needs are about and explain that with much patience and effort they would be useful.

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Do they ever wonder how it would be if they were "normal"?
Are we trying our best to help them?
All the people in the government are smart and able-bodied, so do they really know what people with special needs need?
Do we think of them as inferior to them? If so, why?
How des it feel to be a person with special needs?
Are they satisfied with their lives?
Do they ever feel unhappy or sad that they were born that way?

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how do they feel about themselves?

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Are they affected mentally about how others view them?
Do they want to be able to live a 'normal' life like us?
Do their caregivers attend therapy sessions as the job is quite stressful?
Are the schools they attend really helpful?
What kind of training do their teachers or caregivers have to go through?
Are their school fees subsidised?
Is there additional support for them given by the government?

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I want to know if if special needs also refer to special needs in financial terms?

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I want to know if if special needs also refer to special needs in financial terms?

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1. How is daily life for special needs people, what cant they do that everyone else can?
2. What can we do to help them
3. How does one control, teach and care for a person with special needs?

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How does their mind work? hM

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If the people with special needs do not have money to pay the bills, will it be mostly subsidised by the government?

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If the people with special needs do not have money to pay the bills, will it be mostly subsidised by the government?

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Are the caregivers for the disabled people even qualified?

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how

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how can us citizens be able to help those with special needs?

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what are some challenges faced by those who help people with special needs and what is the government doing to help them