The num­ber of registered per­sons with dis­ab­il­it­ies (PwDs) with aut­ism under the Wel­fare Depart­ment (JKM) has increased eight­fold to 90,459 as of April 30, com­pared with 2015.

JKM dir­ector-gen­eral Datuk Che Murad Say­ang Ram­jan said the increase is believed to be due to the effect­ive­ness of aut­ism-related aware­ness pro­grammes and cam­paigns among par­ents, act­ively car­ried out by the gov­ern­ment through cooper­a­tion with vari­ous parties, includ­ing state gov­ern­ments and The National Aut­ism Soci­ety of Malay­sia (NASOM).

Source: The Borneo Post

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