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Mrs Wong Kwok Leong Student Wellness Centre

Student Accessibility Support

About SAS

Our Student Accessibility Support (SAS) team, formerly known as Disability Support Services (DSS), provides advice and support for students with disabilities and special educational needs. SAS aims to reduce or eliminate barriers in the learning environment and improve accessibility, to ensure students with disabilities or special educational needs have equitable access and opportunity to learn and participate fully. 
 

At Singapore Management University, we strive to build an inclusive learning community. SMU is committed to making our campus accessible and promoting equality of opportunity for persons with disabilities. 

These include the following assistance:​ 

  • Academic accommodations​ 
  • Accessible course materials​ 
  • Orientation and mobility support​ 
  • Assistive technology and technology support​ 
  • Assistance to access campus services and facilities ​ 
  • Special Education Needs (SEN) Fund​ 
  • Student Assistants (SAs)​ 

Operating Hours: 
Mon to Fri: 9:00am to 5:00pm
(Closed on Weekends and Public Holidays)

See FAQ

Our SAS Professionals

Koh Yeng Yeng

Senior Manager
(Student Accessibility Support)
Koh Yeng Yeng

Koh Yeng Yeng
Senior Manager
(Student Accessibility Support)

MA (Applied Psychology), BA (Double Major in Psychology), Adv Diploma (Strategic management of HR), Diploma in Nursing.

Yeng Yeng holds a Master's in Applied Psychology from Nanyang Technological University. With a background in Nursing and Psychology, she is passionate about improving the quality of life, promoting community integration, enhancing accessibility, and fostering well-being for persons with disabilities and their families.

Yeng Yeng has nearly two decades of experience supporting individuals with a diverse range of disabilities, across all ages, in various settings including residential home, mainstream schools, early intervention programs, employment support, and rehabilitation unit. Throughout her career, she has specialized in providing psychosocial support for persons with disabilities and their caregivers, as well as developing and implementing inclusive programs and initiatives. She is dedicated to promoting mental well-being through support groups and resilience-building programs.

In addition to her direct support work, Yeng Yeng is actively involved in developing resources and facilitating workshops for caregivers, professionals, and the general public to better equip communities to support persons with disabilities. She believes that accessibility is a shared social responsibility where every individual plays a part in fostering inclusivity. 

She adopts a strengths-based approach in her practice, believing that everyone possesses unique abilities and talents. She is enthusiastic about using her expertise to lead impactful projects, build strategic partnerships, and contribute to creating an inclusive campus culture where every student, regardless of their challenges, is given the opportunity to thrive.

Ee Su Xian

Manager
(Student Accessibility Support)
Ee Su Xian

Ee Su Xian
Manager
(Student Accessibility Support)

BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate Diploma in Social Work, Advanced Certificate in Supported Employment

Su Xian started out her professional journey as an engineering officer in RSAF (Republic of Singapore Air Force). With the desire to serve the community, she joined the Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) in Social Work in 2016 to embark on her new journey.

Su Xian has 4 years of experience as a case manager with SG Enable, a focal agency for disability. During her stint in SG Enable, she supported Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in their transition to work with a person-centered approach and provided case management services, referral services and psycho-social support to PWDs. She worked closely with various stakeholders such as employers, healthcare allied health professionals and social service agencies to facilitate and support PWD’s transition to employment. The role has also equipped her with good knowledge of disability landscape and resources available for PWDs.

Other than her experience in the disability sector, Su Xian has experience in the healthcare sector as well as a Medical Social Worker. She navigated complex resources, policy and collaborated with multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring seamless coordination of care, and provided interventions to address the diverse needs of the patients.

Common Types of Disability

Physical Disability

Physical disability refers to either with a total or partial loss of bodily functions, such as the ability to walk or fine motor skills, or a total or partial loss of a part of the body. Physical disabilities can result from congenital causes, or are acquired later in life, as a result of traffic/industrial accidents or medical conditions such as stroke or infections. Examples of congenital physical disabilities include muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), spina bifida and spinal muscular atrophy.  

Sensory Disability

There are two types of sensory disability, namely visual and hearing impairments.   

Hearing Impairment  
Hearing Impairment is defined as a diminished ability to detect, recognise, discriminate, perceive and/or comprehend auditory information. Hearing impairment can be unilateral (in one ear) or bilateral (in both ears), and its severity can range from mild to profound. Hearing impairment can be conductive (may be treatable) or sensorineural, and may benefit from augmentative or amplification hearing devices such as hearing aids, cochlear implants.  

Vision Impairment  
Visual Impairment refers to an impairment in vision that, even with best corrected vision, adversely affects a student’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness. Visual problems include visual field loss, visual fatigue and difficulties with figure-ground perception and visual efficiency.   

Learning Disability

Dyslexia  
Dyslexia is a type of specific learning difficulty primarily affecting the skills involved in accurate and fluent reading and spelling. Characteristic features of dyslexia are difficulties in phonological awareness, verbal memory and processing speed. 

Language Disorder 
Language Disorder is the persistent difficulty in the acquisition and use of oral (spoken) language, where the difficulty is of such severity as to create significant long-term challenges in daily communication and educational attainment.  

Developmental Disability

 

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention  
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, characterised by the core symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and/or impulsivity. Difficulty with focusing and completing work is common for students at times of increased stress and during periods of adjustment.   

Autism Spectrum Disorder  
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a lifelong, developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with and relates to other people, and how they experience the world around them. It is a neurological disorder which means it affects the functioning of the brain.