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This article is being featured in Special Feature: From Living to Thriving

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Last Updated: 19 June, 2023

Adaptability is the ability to adjust to change and uncertainty. It allows individuals and organisations to navigate their way through shifting circumstances, unforeseen challenges, and ever-changing environments. 

Last Updated: 31 July, 2023

Did you know that when you use a packet of tissue to reserve or “chope” a vacant table at the foodcourt, you are doing what villagers used to do to mark ownership? It was a common practice for villagers to use trees, rocks, or rivers to mark the space and say “this land is mine.”

A young man with a mental disability is cheated of his late mother’s life savings by a man claiming to be a friend. A property agent takes advantage of an elderly man with an intellectually-disabled daughter, by pocketing the sales proceeds of a flat the client had engaged him to sell. 

These are two of many cases of vulnerable persons in Singapore being financially abused - a consequence of systemic gaps, insufficient protective measures and a lack of financial planning by families of individuals with special needs.

This article is being featured in Special Feature: Strength in Diversity

This article is being featured in Special Feature: Strength in Diversity