Acute shortage of autism care centres, says Minister

By TEH ATHIRA YUSOF, ARFA YUNUS and HO JIA WEN

Nation
Monday, 18 Nov 2024
2:13 PM MYT

KUALA LUMPUR: Many more public autism care centres are needed to support individuals with autism registered as persons with disabilities (PwDs), says Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri.

The Women, Family and Community Development Minister said the government is attempting to narrow the acute gap by establishing volunteer welfare organisations to support autism services.

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