Who is responsible for Malaysia’s early intervention system for children with disabilities?

EVERY year, when it’s almost time to announce the national budget, the public conversation about children with disabilities surfaces. There is usually a request for more services and resources, especially for children with autism.

But we fail to ask some key questions. We fail to move the conversation beyond “we need more autism centres/ therapy therapeutic hours” towards the much bigger question of “what kind of early childhood system in Malaysia should we be building” since the existing system is so fragmented.

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每年临近公布国家预算时，公众都会再次讨论残疾儿童问题。人们通常会呼吁增加服务和资源，特别是针对自闭症儿童的服务和资源。

但我们却忽略了一些关键问题。我们未能将讨论的焦点从“我们需要更多自闭症中心/治疗时间”转移到更宏大的问题上，即“马来西亚应该建立怎样的幼儿早期教育体系”，因为现有的体系过于分散。

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