Nicholas celebrated his 26th birthday recently. I am happy with how he is and where he is at the moment. He has great receptive skills; sharp eyes and ears. He picks up on any conversation… Read More
One win at a time…
Category: Bringing Up Nicholas
Learning — body, mind and spirit
I am attending Breakthroughs International Conference Malaysia 2021 I am really looking forward to 29th July as it will be the start of the first Virtual Breakthroughs International Conference (BTiC 2021). It is a 4-day… Read More
MCO, a silver lining in our drum journey
Nicholas has a fascination for the Lion Dance. The drums will draw him and the lion will hold him to the spot. So when I saw an online post about an 8 lesson class (with… Read More
Able Bakers with Nicholas
IT was supposed to be a break that will help me to do my hundred and one things. Before I knew it, two years passed. I didn’t do my hundred things but I did one.… Read More
Nicholas’ chance to find some friends
The first thing Nicholas said to me was, “I want to go toilet” but before I could lead him away from the group, a young volunteer named Sean had jumped up and said he will… Read More
A new skill to learn – taking the MRT
After months of observing the construction of the MRT line and stations as well as driving me quite bonkers with his commentaries about excavators, cranes, tractors and train stations during the long hours of traffic… Read More
Special Olympics Selangor 2017
IN May 2017, a friend encouraged me to get Nicholas into a bowling group consisting of young people with learning disabilities. There I noticed that the young bowlers were wearing T-shirts with “Special Olympics Selangor”… Read More
Doodling Towards Better Learning
When I was a little girl in school, my school report will often end with a comment from the teacher, “always drawing in class”. However school became more demanding and like most schoolchildren we focused… Read More
P.L.A.Y TO BREAKTHROUGH by Phoebe Long
As a parent of a 21-year-old child with autism, I have lost quite a bit of steam in my pursuit to “better” my son. These days, I do not jump at every new “breakthrough” or… Read More
Intention, Motivation and autistic people
I WAS both horrified and delighted the day Nicholas brought the PosLaju receipt and pen for me to sign. Horrified, because I was unaware that my son had opened the front door and grill and… Read More