Disability/Accessibility to Infrastructure and Information

Image descriptions help the blind to access photos better.

Accommodations are given to an individual to meet an individual need. Accessibility creates a space that is accessible in a way that accommodations are not needed. Accessibility is more than physical access to physical spaces - there are four broad types:

1. Physical accessibility is just one kind of accessibility, e.g., ramps, lifts, accessible train stations and parking lots and toilets.
2. Communicative accessibility, which refers to the ability of people with language/communication disorders such as aphasia to gain barrier-free access to services, participate in communicative events, give and get information, and make informed decisions. One example is image and audio descriptions for the blind, and captions for the deaf/hard-of-hearing.
3. Cognitive accessibility caters experiences and information to different levels of cognition, such as easy-read formats which cater to different minds and diverse intellectual capabilities.
4. Emotional accessibility which takes into account how different people react differently to certain environments, smells or sights. Examples include issuing trigger and content warnings before sharing information that may be sensorily overstimulating, unpleasant or traumatic.

Short-Term Outcomes(skills, knowledge, attitudes)		Mid-Term Outcomes(behaviours)		Long-Term Outcomes(impact)		Social Impact
	→		→	Early intervention is timely and effective	→	Persons with disabilities can access, on an equal basis with others, the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas. These measures, which shall include the identification and elimination of obstacles and barriers to accessibility
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Click here to explore the Early Intervention Theory of Change.

Key Statistics and Figures	Key Gaps	Knowledge Gaps
7,000 children aged 6 and below have developmental difficulties as of 2015
Between 2010 and 2014, KKH and NUS screenings show a 76% increase in children 6 and below with developmental issues such as development delays, speech and language delays, learning difficulties and autism spectrum disorders (ASD)