An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
His condition was severe enough that he could have been medically exempted from national service. Mr Jeremy Yap was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, a high-functioning type of autism when he was 15. But the 23-year-old decided he wanted to do his NS and on July 15, completed his two years at the RSAF’s Air Power Generation Command as a clerk. He said: “I wanted to serve in the army because it’s something my father and all my friends went through. “I didn’t want to be left out just because I’m different.” Read the full reports in our print edition on Aug 12.
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12-08-2015, 01:10 PM
RESPECT: Autism doesn't stop this great Singaporean man from doing NS!
