Success Stories

Para swimmer James Wong may have only one arm, but that hasn’t stopped him from fully embracing life with his positive outlook.

Including persons with disabilities in the workforce does not lead to lower productivity. Instead, it can help staff learn compassion.

Standing at only 92.5cm (a little shorter than the average height of a 3-year-old) and with limited motor abilities, it’s an understatement to say that Siew faces tremendous challenges every day. “There are a lot of things that people take for granted. Even the simplest of tasks such as climbing the stairs or pushing the buttons in the lift may seem like a breeze for able-bodied people. But not for me,” confides Siew.

Seorang bekas pelajar dari Sekolah Menengah Pendidikan Khas Vokasional (SMPKV) Shah Alam membuktikan bahawa insan sepertinya juga boleh memasang impian untuk menjadi usahawan berjaya. Saiful Helmie Dzamani, 26, dari Kubang Kerian, yang pekak dan bisu sejak lahir, tidak pernah menganggap ‘kekurangan’ itu sebagai suatu kekangan untuk terjun dalam bidang perniagaan.

The “Negaraku” short video story depicting Paralympic athletes emerged as the winner in “Projek Video Malaysia” (Provim 2017) today. Director Muhammad Faiz Yaakob, 33, took home a brand new Proton Saga car and RM5,000 for the victory.

Malaysian director Tunku Mona Riza has revealed that her next film will be about Malaysian Paralympian Ridzuan Puzi. After winning the Most Promising Director award at the 29th Malaysian Film Festival (FFM 29) last Saturday, 23 September, for her film “Redha” (English title, “Beautiful Pain”), the 50-year-old director announced that her next film will also be of similar social theme but a different genre.

A roundup of the Malaysian contingent’s performance in the 9th Asean Para Games which showcased 16 sports including para cycling. Malaysia came in second with 90 gold medals for a total final tally of 258 medals.

Paralympian Siti Noor Iasah Mohamed Ariffin is a 400m runner. As such, there was no high expectations on her when she decided to compete in the women’s 800m T20 (learning disability) event at the Kuala Lumpur Asean Para Games. But yesterday, the 28-year-old mother of a five-year-old girl sprang a huge surprise when she won the gold in 2:34.12 at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.

Eleven years ago S. Jeyaraj’s life changed completely. From an able-bodied person, he became wheelchair-bound. This was after an eight-tonne metal object fell onto him while he was working on a heavy-duty vehicle.

Kavita Krishnaswamy had labored through a decade of coursework in math and computer sciences to achieve a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. She’d spent three years narrowing the focus of her doctoral dissertation. But when the day arrived to defend her dissertation proposal before the panel of senior academics who would allow her to proceed, she never showed up. She sent her robot.