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As paediatricians, therapists and non-governmental organisations working with children, we wish to see an inclusive education system that welcomes diversity in society. For this reason, we regard the directive from Education director-general Datuk Dr Amin Senin that pupils in government schools not be placed in classes according to their academic abilities as a welcome and farsighted step towards building a more caring and inclusive society.

All a barber in town wants in return for a haircut is only a prayer. This goodwill service is currently being offered at The Jangot’s Barbershop. The shop in Kubang Kerian is owned by Mohd Rosli Wang Noh who said that a prayer is all he asks for from his disabled and elderly customers Mohd Rosli, who strongly believes in giving it back to society, especially the less fortunate, said it was duty that he has vowed to take as he wanted to help ease the burden the less fortunate ones.

“Mummy, my teacher told me to go to Tanjung Rambutan (the nation’s oldest mental institution and now known as Hospital Bahagia, located in Perak). But I’m not crazy, mummy.” The words uttered to her by her son, Dennis Liew, more than 20 years ago when he was still in primary school continue to haunt Patricia Lim.

When he was a toddler, Adam’s parents noticed that he was always restless, fidgety and losing interest in people or situations around him within seconds. But they thought it was typical behaviour for a young boy and were confident he would outgrow it once he was in school.

“My children are not broken,” Amy Wright insists.

Most parents don’t have to declare their children’s fundamental value, but after two of 2017 CNN Hero of the Year Amy Wright’s kids were born with Down syndrome, it was clear that she would have to back them up every step of the way.

The PwD Seminar, hosted by the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and held at the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre on 7 December, succeeded in consolidating interests around and adding fresh impetus to the quest for seeking quantitative and qualitative solutions for people living with disabilities.

CYCLE & Carriage Bintang Bhd in Batu Caves may have the best spray paint specialists in the country who just happen to be deaf-mute.

Both Ahmad Hamzah, 57, and Ravi Chandran Balakrishnan, 52, have served the company for 38 and 34 years respectively.

Mohd Firdaus Abdul Latif was pursuing a course to repair air-conditioners in 2004 when he was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident. He was riding home to Tanjung Malim after classes when he was hit by a vehicle near Templer’s Park in Selayang. In 2015, he enrolled in Maybank Foundation’s Reach Independence and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Programme (RISE) and learnt the many aspects of doing business.