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“It’s important that we put ourselves in the shoes of the parents. Think of how they would want to be treated.” There are two common misconceptions surrounding the capabilities of special needs [...]

“If the learner is not making progress, we have to inspect the way we are teaching. It will take time to get everyone to understand that we need to hold ourselves accountable.” When I first [...]

“I hope more corporate companies can be more open to identifying special needs adults who can be employed. Many may find the task of filing mundane. Get my children to do your filing! It’s [...]

“Though special needs children do have their hindrances, they do actually want to be able to be like the others as well.” SCSOA was first formed by parents who have special needs kids of their [...]

“Two debate teams and I’m in one of the team. The first reaction I got was, “OH MY GOD”. We got a topic about the functions of weed but back then, I didn’t even know what that was. I [...]

“One day we happened to see a singing class, so my mom was like, “Do you want to go and learn?” I wasn’t forced by my mom to try singing. I was kind of interested in it but not quite, [...]

“Spend your time with your family. Appreciate every moment you have with them. They are already happy when you’re able to be patient with them. I want to study Business. That is something I [...]

“New beginnings, new life. I got divorced about a year ago. Now I’m living my life as a minimalist. It was a real journey for me. I tried to fix things with my ex-husband, but it didn’t [...]

“I was distraught because my mother was sick. After all, you only have one mother, right? But the consequence of heading back to Malaysia in the middle of exams meant I won’t be able to [...]

“The Chinese (in China) are very philosophical. They would always talk to the younger generation about the future, what China could be. They looked at objectives. We, Malaysians, on the [...]