APCD participations’ ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF) Conference 2025 organized by the Malaysian Federation of the Deaf (MFD) as the ADF Secretariat and other key partners on 3 – 4 December 2025, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
Group photo of VIP guests, the United Nations (UNDP, UNICEF, ILO) and corporate partners (Yayasan Sime Darby, Bursa Malaysia, Grab, Starbucks, Astro Awani), ASEAN OPDs’ representatives, organizers, ADF secretariat

Group photo of VIP guests, the United Nations (UNDP, UNICEF, ILO) and corporate partners (Yayasan Sime Darby, Bursa Malaysia, Grab, Starbucks, Astro Awani), ASEAN OPDs’ representatives, organizers, ADF secretariat

 

Mr. Chayoot Homdee, Community Development Officer, delivering youth perspective during Session 5, alongside with UNESCAP Officer Ms. Tingting Chen, Indonesian disability advocate Ms. Revita Alvi, and Dr. Lim Puay Tiak, vice chair of ADF as Moderator.

Mr. Chayoot Homdee, Community Development Officer, delivering youth perspective during Session 5, alongside with UNESCAP Officer Ms. Tingting Chen, Indonesian disability advocate Ms. Revita Alvi, and Dr. Lim Puay Tiak, vice chair of ADF as Moderator.

Mr. Chayoot Homdee, Community Development Officer, delivering youth perspective during Session 5, alongside with UNESCAP Officer Ms. Tingting Chen, Indonesian disability advocate Ms. Revita Alvi, and Dr. Lim Puay Tiak, vice chair of ADF as Moderator.

Mr. Chayoot Homdee, Community Development Officer, delivering youth perspective during Session 5, alongside with UNESCAP Officer Ms. Tingting Chen, Indonesian disability advocate Ms. Revita Alvi, and Dr. Lim Puay Tiak, vice chair of ADF as Moderator.

 

Ten Thai delegate Mission team group photo taking during conference. Ms. Saowalak Thongkuay, New elected chairperson of ADF/ Formal Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and APCD Executive Board Member; Asst. Prof. Dr. Arunee Limmanee, Policy expert on disability inclusive employment and business project, 2 representatives from disabled.me and 1 representative from Transportation For All (T4All) as well as their personal assistants.

Ten Thai delegate Mission team group photo taking during conference. Ms. Saowalak Thongkuay, New elected chairperson of ADF/ Formal Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and APCD Executive Board Member; Asst. Prof. Dr. Arunee Limmanee, Policy expert on disability inclusive employment and business project, 2 representatives from disabled.me and 1 representative from Transportation For All (T4All) as well as their personal assistants. 

 

Group photo of Session 5: Powering Inclusion - Financing a Future Without Barriers on December 4, youth panelists, featuring, Mr. Chayoot representing Thailand.

Group photo of Session 5: Powering Inclusion - Financing a Future Without Barriers on December 4, youth panelists, featuring, Mr. Chayoot representing Thailand.

 

Collecting materials from Exhibitors, establishing documentation exchange practice.

Collecting materials from Exhibitors, establishing documentation exchange practice.

Collecting materials from Exhibitors, establishing documentation exchange practice.

Collecting materials from Exhibitors, establishing documentation exchange practice.

 

The newly elected executive board of the ASEAN Disability Forum for the 2026–2028 term is led by Ms. Saowalak Thongkuay, Dr. Lim Puay Tiak, Vice Chairperson (Singapore); General Secretary: Maulani A. Rotinsulu; Treasurer: Thongchanh Inthachak (Laos) and Honorary Advisor: Lauro Purcil (Philippines).

The newly elected executive board of the ASEAN Disability Forum for the 2026–2028 term is led by Ms. Saowalak Thongkuay, Dr. Lim Puay Tiak, Vice Chairperson (Singapore); General Secretary: Maulani A. Rotinsulu; Treasurer: Thongchanh Inthachak (Laos) and  Honorary Advisor: Lauro Purcil (Philippines).

 

APCD mission members Mr. Chayoot Homdee, Community Development Dept. (youth speaker with autism) and Mr. Watcharapol Chuengcharoen, Chief of Networking & Collaboration (documentation support and personal assistant) participated in the ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF) Conference 2025, held on 3-4 December in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Organized by the Malaysian Federation of the Deaf assigned by the ADF under Malaysia's ASEAN Chairmanship, the event was supported by the United Nations and strategic partners including UNDP, UNICEF, ILO, Yayasan Sime Darby, Bursa Malaysia, Grab, Starbucks, and Astro Awani. Over three hundred participants from ASEAN, Timor-Leste, and both disabled and non-disabled youths attended.

Mr. Chayoot delivered a youth perspective who live with autistic self-advocate’s decent job toward inclusion & sustainability during Session 5, discussing the role of youth with autism as change agents and APCD’s economic empowerment initiatives, with responses from UNESCAP and Indonesian advocates. The forum facilitated valuable knowledge sharing that will benefit APCD’s future planning.

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