Celebrating Judy's Abilities
Ms Judy Wee is the Vice-President of the Disabled People's Association Singapore and Senior Manager at the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Singapore. She has been actively involved in making Singapore a barrier-free city state since the early 1990s and was conferred the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2004 for her work in the community.
Judy advocates for the need for a safe and inclusive environment to promote the participation of people with disabilities in mainstream society. She was instrumental in the publication of the Code on Barrier-Free Accessibility in Buildings (renamed in 2007 as the Code on Accessibility in the Built Environment), and is a resource person with the United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
Judy has also trained persons with disabilities, architects and government officials to be trainers for the promotion of non-handicapping environments.
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This video was produced by the National Council of Social Service for the We Are Able! 2014 Conference held on 18 January 2014, in line with Singapore's ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
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