Mushroom Buddies: Providing equal employment opportunities

• Main Authors: TAN, Wee Liang, KESARWANI, Nimisha, CHAN, CW
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Community development; Crop production; Hiring strategy; Marketing plans; Resource management; Employment Discrimination; Civic and Community Engagement; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/474; https://cmp.smu.edu.sg/case/5976
• Institution: Singapore Management University

After various failed attempts at finding employment for his son with Down Syndrome, Ong Chin Wah, along with four other caregivers of youths with intellectual disability (PIDs) decided to take matters into their own hands. In 2011, they started a cooperative ‘Employment for Persons with Intellectual...