6 Tips to Help Your Easily Distracted Child
byChildren in general tend to be easily distracted, even if they don’t have any cognitive disorders like ADHD or autism. While some may assume…
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Missing Autistic Boy Found Dead by River
byA young autistic boy was reported missing on 5 December 2023. Sadly, he was found dead the next day next to a small river…
Exploring Sensory Play: Activities for Children with Autism
bySensory play has become one of the most effective tools in helping autistic children in recent years. They offer a new way for these…
Autism Teaching Aids Malaysia: A Helpful Special Needs Support Group
byRaising a child with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) can be frustrating, exhausting and even seem impossible at times. Many parents may be at a…
Precious Moments Frozen in Time: Documenting the Life of an Autistic Child
byRaising a child is hard enough, but doing so as a father of three kids (one of which has autism), is a different thing…
“Till My Last Breath”: Dr Say Shazril on Raising a Gifted Child
byIt is never easy for a parent to learn that their child is ‘special’. The experience can be wrought with confusion, denial, despair and…
7 Superpowers Your Autistic Child May Have
byIt is rare for a parent to celebrate the news of having an autistic child. Society has made some people assume that neurodivergent kids…
Autism Vs Down Syndrome: What is the Difference?
bySome people may at times wrongly group special need kids into one general category. This could be because they might not know the difference….
Why Gardening May Benefit Your Autistic Child
byGardening has always been scientifically proven to benefit the mind and body. It can boost your mood, reduce stress, help fight disease, improve memory…
AskMeDoctor! Season 3 Episode 1: Children Development & Milestones: The First Five Years
byAre you concerned whether your children are on par with the developmental milestones? Or you are wondering about ways to get your children to…
AskMeDoctor! Season 2 Episode 6 Part 1: Distinction Between Tantrums & Autism Meltdowns
byThe external behaviour of tantrums and autism meltdowns can appear to be similar, but how can we distinguish between these two? Let’s learn about…
Spread Kindness And Awareness On Autism With Sunway Putra Mall This April!
byThe bright fluorescent light, squeaking or rattling sounds of shopping carts, crinkle of plastic shopping bags, loud intercom announcements, blasting overhead music, smell of…
Nasom Launches World’s First Certified E-Commerce Specialist Programme for Youth with Autism in Malaysia
byThe National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM) has announced the launch of its Certified E-Commerce Specialist (CES) Level 1 Programme. The specialised training and…
World Autism Awareness Day 2021 – Workplace: Challenges And Opportunities In A Post-Pandemic World
byThere were lots of tears when she first learnt that her three-year-old child, Ming, was autistic. It took some time to accept his condition,…
Where Does Autism Fit in Stem Cell Therapy? Here’s All You Need to Know!
byTime for some real talk! Most parents may find it uneasy to face the possibility of their child having autism. If you have friends…
Let’s Hear Their First Word! Understand Speech Delay & How Parents’ Intervention Could Actually Help
bySome kids are non-verbal until they are fully ready to talk. They prefer to observe and absorb everything first, and when it is the…
“I THINK MY CHILD IS DIFFERENT!” | A Prodrome Of Autism
byParents often like to compare their children with kids of similar ages. Most of the time, it is the achievement in developmental milestones that…
Zarina Zainuddin: Grace in the Face of Autism
byZarina Zainuddin is a name that resonates well in the Malaysian movie world. Film buffs will instantly recognise her for her role as the…
Kiddies Batik Day at Sunway Putra Mall with Putra Junior Club & Autsome members
byIn conjunction with the Bunga Bunga Raya campaign for the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri, more than 50 participants from Putra Junior Club (PJC) and…
Autsome Unicorn Run: Magic In Every Mile
byOn 28 April, in conjunction with World Autism Awareness Month 2019, Sunway Putra Mall collaborated with Knightscape Signature Resources to organize a charity fun…
Using Assistive Technology to Help Individuals with Autism Express Themselves
byVerbal communication is one of the troubles faced by some individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as they are unable to convey their wants…
Sunway Putra Mall launches ‘Autsome April’ for WAAD 2019
bySunway Putra Mall has kick-started “Autsome April” ─ a month of workshops, movie screenings, talks as well as fun-filled and educational activities prepared specially…
Breakthrough for Autism Awareness: M’sia Awakens To Those With ASD
byAutism awareness in Malaysia has witnessed a breakthrough. On 26 March 2019, seven days before World Autism Awareness Day celebrated on April 2 every…
New police SOP introduced to handle persons with autism
byThere will be a new standard operating procedure (SOP) to handle persons with autism. The new SOP is following the case of Ahmad Ziqri…
Flashing Lights from Digital Billboards May Pose a Hazard
byTake a drive in the city at night, and brightly flashing billboards beam at you from all angles. These moving images with flashy graphics…
1st Autism Friendly Shopping Centre Sunway Putra Mall launches ‘Autsome’
byFebruary 26, 2019 marks an important milestone for autism awareness in the country with the first autism-friendly shopping mall in Malaysia being launched. Sunway…
How to Prevent Autism during Pregnancy
byEven up until today, the causes of autism has not been clearly discovered. However, genes are believed to be one of the factors to…
Sunway Putra Mall Set to be the 1st Autism-Friendly Mall in Malaysia
byEveryone has their own opinion about what autism is, but few get close enough to really understand them. Good news to families with autistic members…
5 Awesome Things About Autism That You Didn’t Know
byThe challenges of an autism spectrum are easy to identify, clear and distinct. But, being autistic isn’t all about impossible challenges. In fact, autistic…
Cost Of Autism: Raising An Autistic Child In Malaysia
byHighlightedImage from St Davids Center Close to 30,000 children with disabilities were registered in Malaysia in 2012, and 19,150 of them were children with…