Reasons for Separate Disability Concession and Registry Cards

Miss Rachel Ong asked the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) what are the Ministry's reasons, if any, for maintaining separate disability-related cards, including the Persons with Disabilities Concession Card, Developmental Disability Registry Identity Card and CARA membership card; and (b) whether the Ministry has considered consolidating these into a single disability credential that can support multiple Government schemes and services.

The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) has streamlined disability verification through the Disability Verification Form. Persons with disabilities need to undergo disability verification only once to access MSF disability services and selected Government schemes. There is therefore no need to use the cards mentioned as disability credentials.

We also wish to clarify that CARA is intended for persons with dementia.