SPD Singapore

SPD is a local charity set up to help people with disabilities or who may develop disabling conditions of all ages to maximise their potential and integrate them into mainstream society. 

Through over 20 programmes and services that encompass early intervention, therapy, vocational training, assistive technology, day care, as well as educational, employment and social service support, we serve people with physical, sensory and developmental needs. 

Founded in 1964 by a group of Rotarians, we were known as Society for Aid to the Paralysed (SAP). In the earlier years, SAP provided employment opportunities at its sheltered workshop to people with disabilities who had difficulties seeking open employment.  We were renamed Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) in May 1998 and subsequently to just SPD in July 2014 to better reflect the work that we do – serving people beyond  physical disabilities.