Some guest speakers and several members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum said that the government was failing to provide sufficient support to children with developmental disorders and their parents.
The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.
Guest speaker Warren Tai Wa Hou, who heads the government’s Paediatric Joint Assessment Centre, said that, on average, about six percent of Macau’s new-borns every year are affected by developmental disorders.
Flanked by the two hosts of the debate programme at the far left and at the far right, Macau Special Educational Needs Students Promotion Association President Lei Sin Man (second from left), Macau Special Education Study Association Tong Chi Man (third from left), Paediatric Joint Assessment Centre Director Warren Tai Wa Hou (centre), Choi Sio Un (third from right), who heads the Social Solidarity Department of the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), and Kong Chi Meng (second from right), who heads the Education Department of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), attended yesterday’s TDM Macau Forum in Areia Preta Park. Photo: MPDG
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