S3E3: IPS On Diversity Podcast S3E3 Ableism at Work - a podcast by Institute Of Policy Studies

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As part of The Enabling Masterplan 2030, Singapore aims to have 40 per cent of working persons with disabilities (PWDs) employed by 2030. Are the current measures in place sufficient to encourage the employment of PWDs? How big is the problem of ableism at the workplace in Singapore? What more must be done to ensure workplaces are inclusive for PWDs?


On the third episode of the third season, which is in conjunction with IPS’ annual flagship conference, Singapore Perspectives 2023, host and Associate Director at the Institute of Policy Studies Liang Kaixin chats with Cassandra Chiu, a vision impaired counsellor and advocate for PWDs, as well as Justin Lee, Senior Research Fellow at IPS, about the state of disability inclusion in Singapore and what can be done to ensure that PWDs are meaningfully employed and engaged at the workplace.


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About our guests:


Cassandra Chiu


Psychotherapist and Coach


Director at The Safe Harbour Counselling Centre


Cassandra Chiu is a Director at The Safe Harbour Counselling Centre and is also a Consultant for Equal Opportunity and Corporate Disability Policies. She is vision impaired.


Ms Chiu is also a lecturer in the post-graduate program under Executive Counselling and Training Academy Pte Ltd. She teaches modules on counselling the disabled, where she imparts knowledge to understand issues that disabled clients face and how to work with them.


An active advocate and speaker for PWDs, Ms Chiu has written on the issue for local publication Today. She has also been featured on CNA938 and Must Share News.


She received her Masters in Professional Counselling from Swinburne University of Technology in 2011.


Justin Lee


Senior Research Fellow at IPS


Justin Lee is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies. He is interested in issues related to disability, community development and social services. He has created a wiki platform that allows mass participation in the mapping of social needs (socialcollab.sg) and co-founded a skilled volunteer matching platform (serve.sg). He is Chairman of ArtsWok Collaborative, and also serves on the Board of Trampolene and the Research Committee of Singapore Children’s Society. He has a PhD in Sociology from UCLA.


On Diversity is a podcast inspired by the Institute of Policy Studies Managing Diversities research programme. In each episode, we chat with guests to explore what diversity means to them, the changes they are making, and the changes they hope to see in an increasingly fragmented society.


 


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