Enabling Academy

The Autism Café Project (ACP) started off as a father and son venture by Mohd Adli Yahya and Muhamad Luqman Shariff, his son with autism. From selling nasi lemak by the roadside, the project has since grown into a full-fledged café at Kota Damansara. The ACP currently employs 4 staff with ASD.

Bake With Dignity is a social enterprise that provides sheltered employment for adults with learning difficulties (AwLD) to learn and earn. They teach Persons with Learning Difficulties to be comfortable in the kitchen and show them the ropes on how to cook and bake.

Beautiful Gate Foundation for the Disabled is a local non-profit organisation focused on providing employment services, vocational training, recycling activities and awareness programmes, to name a few, to meet the different needs of the local disabled community.

Support My Independent Living Enterprise, or SMILE, was set up by Beh Miao Qing, a person with autism and intellectual disabilities, with the help of his parents. The stall, located at Damansara Jaya, sells yam cakes, nyonya kuihs, drinks, candies, buns, ice-cream and many more local delicacies.

EmployAble provides employment and social readiness training for individuals with learning and intellectual difficulties, in addition to training for hiring companies.

Jammy Tummy is a bakery that operates as a social enterprise, offering training and employment opportunities for both neurodiverse and neurotypical individuals. Their mission is to offer affordable, natural and minimally processed ingredients baked goods to people.

JKM‘s vision is to empower communities in need towards social well-being. Some of the services provided for persons with disabilities are: 

• Registration of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)
• Community-based rehabilitation programme
• Job Coach service programme
• Programme Independent Living Centre
• Disability Equality Training 
• Taska OKU 
• Industrial Training and Rehabilitation Centre (PLPP) 

The National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM) has 16 centres across Malaysia with over 400 registered students. Their programmes include screening, assessment, Early Intervention Programme (EIP), Intensive Intervention Programme, therapy, vocational programme as well as skills development.

One-Two-Boost is a CSR initiative by Selangor Dredging Berhad which aims to provide job opportunities for individuals with disabilities by packing herbal soup and drink under the consultation and prescription advised by CM Physicians.

Pastel Worker is an artist with high-functioning autism. She makes clay keychains and decorative trinkets by hand. She’d also created her own “Malaysian Kids” comic characters. Her goal is to bring joy to children through her sense of humour.

Set up in 2010, PPKISKL supports and empowers parents with special needs children by organising workshops, sharing sessions, outings, and online training sessions.

Serena is a teenager who turned her passion in jewellery-making into a small business to support children with autism in terms of rehabilitations, skills development and employment.

Seven Tea One is an accredited social enterprise which provides a safe, inclusive and non-discriminatory platform for differently-abled and marginalized communities to learn employment skills and earn dignified income for sustainable living.

The Special Olympics Selangor provides a year-round sports training and athletic competition in variety of Olympic typed sports for children and adults with learning disabilities such as autism, ADHD and slow learners.

Sri Eden is a non-profit organization serving children with diverse Learning Difficulties. It provides crucial early intervention, positive behavioral modifications, basic functional academic learning & practical life skills necessary for daily living together with Occupational therapy. 

Stand Pie Me is a a social enterprise providing training, employment and mentorship for young adults with special needs in food production.

They make affordable pies, quiches and tarts for meals and function.

United Voice (UV) is the first society in Malaysia that is led by persons with learning disabilities. Its mission is to advocate and ensure persons with learning disabilities are given the right to education, employment, community living and to be respected as individuals. 

The Spectrum is a Malaysian community that supports and promotes young creators on the autism and differently-abled spectrum. Their primary goal is to create a platform for these individuals to showcase their creations, particularly artwork and writings, and to provide them with opportunities for earning royalties from their work.