Disability Support
Nurturing Talents and Skills for Greater Independence
The Differently Abled People Association Inc. was founded in 2013 by parents and young people who have a disability including autism spectrum disorder to meet the support needs of people who have a disability and help them discover and develop their abilities and talents to achieve greater independence in the areas of life and social skills, leisure and creative pursuits, communications and technology skills, vocational skills and adult education needs.
Our Vision
Our Vision is to empower people with disabilities by nurturing their talents and skills, enabling them to achieve greater independence, confidence and to make meaningful contributions to the community
Mission & Programs
Mission
Our Mission is to provide inclusive programs that develop talents, teach new skills, promote social inclusion, encourage a sense of achievement and raise public awareness of the strengths and potential of differently abled people.
Programs
Our inclusive programs include many different daily activities such as cooking, reading, brain-training games, painting, jewellery creation, singing and musical instrument classes and different sports such as swimming, tennis and dancing.
Paid work opportunities
DAPA also offers paid work opportunities in the form of data entry for our MMLink app. A smartphone application that was designed for people with disabilities as a common link to finding many places and services.
What Makes Us Different
Many programs and services emphasise the disability whereas our organisation seeks to take a more positive approach and emphasise the abilities and talents of the person. This is reflected in the choice of name for the association. It is the key philosophy underlining our purpose in helping neurodivergent and differently abled people discover and develop their abilities and talents; to make a socially valued contribution to the community and benefit other people in a similar situation to themselves.
