ABSTRACT
It is often said that the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. Singapore recognises the need to foster greater inclusivity and has proactively taken steps to ensure that persons with disabilities are integral and contributing members of society. On July 18, 2013, Singapore ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which later came into force on August 18, 2013.1 Even prior to ratification of the CRPD, Singapore was already taking steps to advance disability issues in Singapore. In September 2006, the Enabling Masterplan Steering Committee was formed to review the services and programmes in the disability sector. From this, the first Enabling Masterplan was developed in 2007 as a five-year national roadmap which outlined Singapore’s approach to support persons with disabilities.
