The Singapore Family Physician

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Information and Referral Touchpoints

Tay Mui Chin
The Singapore Family Physician Vol 40 No 2 - Improving Healthcare for Persons with Disabilities
12 - 14
1 April 2014
0377-5305
SG Enable is an agency dedicated to promoting an inclusive society through enabling persons with disabilities. It seeks to provide comprehensive disability support to persons with disabilities through provision of easy access to information, referral services, grants and schemes, as well as enhancing employability and employment options for persons with disabilities. Medical practitioners play an important role of medical assessment of people with disabilities and referral of eligible applicants for receipt of services and benefits from financial schemes and non-financial assistance to meet their needs ranging from accessibility, transport to assistive devices.