A decade of bliss
My wife Wuan and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary last Friday. We marked the momentous milestone with a quiet…
Browsing: Breaking Barriers
The correct way to interact with disabled people
ARE disabled people emotionally sensitive? Do they easily get offended? Is it all right to ask them if they need…
Where there is a will
IT has been seven months since my first meeting with Malaysia Airlines group chief executive officer Peter Bellew. After I…
Life’s cruel joke
SOMETIMES I have a feeling life is playing a cruel joke on me. For all the years when my health…
In the hands of masters and mentors
I HAVE become very forgetful. And many times when I get distracted, I have difficulty recalling what was in my…
Practical approaches to assisting disabled people
“WE want to help but we don’t know how,” a participant of a disability-related services training (DRST) workshop shared how…
Zombies in our midst
I AM a fan of the American television series ‘The Walking Dead’. The gripping story tells of survivors living in…
Making a case for independent living
YOU’RE a parent. You have an adult daughter. All her limbs are paralysed. You help her with all her activities…