My Ah Mah’s legacy
MY Ah Mah, my paternal grandmother, lived in an old bungalow on stilts. A rambutan tree with branches spreading out…
Browsing: Breaking Barriers
A call to break barriers and open doors
THE United Nations General Assembly proclaimed Dec 3 as the International Day of Disabled Persons through Resolution 47/3 on Oct…
Against all odds“
WHO is this woman who keeps talking and massaging my hands and legs? I do not know her at all!”…
Between life and death
SEVERAL news articles that I read recently got me thinking again about the worth of life. They were stories on…
One tough cookie
STATURE and gender do not tell the real stories of one’s strength. Rather, it is the acceptance of challenges and…
The need for a better support system
THE World Health Organisation and World Bank world report on disability states that 2 to 4 per cent of the…
Dealing with prejudices
“YOU cannot walk?” a woman with a wide brim hat asked in Mandarin. She was seated on a bench not…
Wonderful Wuan
IT is incredible how friendships can be forged from conversations exchanged over the Internet between people who are hundreds or…