Success Stories

A chance meeting at a para sports event in 2015 between two paraplegics from Johor Baru proved that maybe, nothing really happens by chance.

Today, the 12-year-old dyslexic and autistic boy enjoys live painting and his artworks were exhibited at the “The Joy of Painting; Young Artists Art Exhibition” at Pustaka in Miri last month. Seven of his paintings were sold during the exhibition to raise funds for a storybook project in rural schools.

In a show of appreciation for the state’s athletes, the Penang government presented them with RM187,000 in incentives under its Skim Kemenangan Sukan Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang (Skimas).

He may just be another lottery ticket peddler but to the disabled community, Wong Tin Choi is a prominent figure who has fought to protect their rights. The 58-year-old founder of Caring Rehabilitation Society of PWD, Penang, who is wheelchair-bound, said he was determined to help those in need following an accident 44 years ago, which left him paralysed from the waist down.

There have been times when passengers of Siti Fatimah Badrun get a shock when they enter her car. Siti Fatimah, 37, who was born with congenital disability of her legs, is wheelchair-bound.

Voluntary worker Dr Aizan Sofia Amin is a firm believer in the saying “that which does not kill us makes us stronger”. Aizan Sofia, who lost her right leg to bone cancer at 16, refuses to let her physical disability stop her from dedicating her time, resources and energy to volunteer for humanitarian activities.

Sejak sekian lama remaja kurang upaya, Anis Humairah Riduwan, hanya membesar di Kuala Kangsar, Perak dan berulang alik ke Sungai Petani, Kedah kerana bersekolah Pendidikan Khas di sana. Anis Humairah, 18, tidak pernah terfikir suatu hari nanti beliau bakal keluar meninggalkan negara ini untuk ke Moscow, Russia, iaitu tempat yang begitu asing baginya.

Sprinter Muhd Ridzuan Puzi and swimmer Muhd Nur Syaiful Zulkafli are the two para athletes picked by Citibank as Malaysia’s ambassadors for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. This is the first time two Malaysian para athletes, among the 36 chosen from 18 countries, were selected by Citibank to be ambassadors for the Paralympics.

Newly-crowned world champion para archer S. Suresh can be a role model for disabled people to take up sports. National para athletics chief coach R. Jaganathan believed there are a lot of untapped talent to unearth.

S. Suresh has etched his name in history books by becoming Malaysia’s first world champion in para archery.