Leaena Tambyah | |
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Born | Leaena Chelliah 28 June 1937 |
Died | 8 September 2023 Singapore | (aged 86)
Nationality | Singaporean |
Education | B.S. |
Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
Occupation | Social worker |
Known for | Disability rights and special education advocacy |
Spouse |
John Anantharajah Tambyah
(m. 1964; died 2011) |
Children | Paul Anantharajah Tambyah (son) Malini Tambyah Rajendran (daughter) |
Parents |
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Leaena Tambyah (born Leaena Chelliah; 28 June 1937 – 8 September 2023) PBM BBM, was a Singaporean special education advocate who founded the country's first school for children with multiple disabilities.[1] The school was originally called the Handicapped Children's Playgroup, but went on to become the AWWA School. Tambyah also founded a programme called TEACH ME (Therapy and Educational Assistance for Children in Mainstream Education) to try to bring disabled children into mainstream schools, and to provide mobile therapy services to children whose families could not afford to bring them to a hospital.