Success Stories

Who would have thought that a person with deformed hands and feet will be able to operate a smartphone using only her tongue? Nursamawati Mahmud (pic), 33, uses her smartphone not only to access social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram and WeChat, but also to promote her family’s soy and chilli sauce business under ‘Mahmudah’ brand.

Nursamawati Mahmud tidaklah sempurna seperti wanita lain lantaran kecacatan fizikal dialaminya sejak berusia setahun. Namun, siapa sangka wanita Orang Kelainan Upaya (OKU) berusia 33 tahun itu yang banyak menghabiskan masa di rumahnya di Kampung Gelong Gajah di sini, mampu mengaplikasikan telefon pintarnya secara baik dengan hanya menggunakan lidah untuk bersosial dan berkomunikasi.

Being disabled has not stopped teacher B. Krishna Kumar from helping his students to improve their command of English and Bahasa Malaysia.

The 48-year-old will be launching his ‘’Newspaper A Day Makes You Streetwise” campaign on Jan 14 at Accelskill Academy in Peringgit here.

Yan Yuhong, a 15-year-old boy paralysed from the waist down who has inspired people in China by his efforts to lead a full and active life, has taken part in the Winter Olympics torch relay in South Korea, Chinese media reported.

It wasn’t “third time lucky” for Malaysia when the nation hosted the Asean Para Games on Sept 17-23. Though having staged the Para Games twice previously, Malaysia failed to match its feat as overall champions in 2001. Nevertheless, finishing runners-up was commendable for Malaysia as several national para athletes made an impact on the 9th edition of the Games.

“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.

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.

HOSPITAL Sungai Buloh is proud of several former patients who have successfully undergone rehabilitation to achieve success as Paralympians and entrepreneurs.

The hospital celebrated the International Day of Persons With Disability to recognise them for being role models and an inspiration to others.

Family support and the opportunity to learn things at his own pace have helped build his confidence and subsequently enabled Donovan Choo (pic), who has Asperger’s Syndrome, to work.

Choo, 28, said that his parents played a big role in guiding him and helping him to be as independent as possible.

Microsoft’s Saqib Shaikh’s app for the visually impaired promises to make the world more accessible. To those yet unfamiliar, through his Seeing-AI app, the visual world has become an audible experience to blind people.