Mikaail was diagnosed as cerebral palsy child when he turned one year old. He had stroke at 7. Did stroke rob him of his vision and mobility? I used to think so but not anymore. Looking back I feel it was highly likely his vision was lost due to the mishandling by the so called medical professionals! A student of the Spastic Children Association in Pasir Ris. He attends classes daily, accompanied by Aunty Yaya. He has wonderful and supportive teachers and therapists.
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Certificate of Achievement
I am so proud of Mikaail. This year he received the Best Conduct certificate. He is ever so polite and courteous though he is always teasing me.
Almost every day, he either tells me that "today mama in my heart" or "today mama outside my heart" especially whenever he is eating. If inside his heart means he is prepared to share his food! He is so cheeky as always too.
Sometimes he likes to call me by my name and other times he will call me mama. Then he will go on to say, "Normah, no. Mama" and when he wants to be cheeky, he will keep calling me by my name. Whenever he does that, I will tell him that Normah is not in, sleeping or anything else except with him. Then he will call "mama" - just so cheeky but I love him anyway!
Centre for Enabled Living @ Singapore Expo
Went to Singapore Expo this morning to find out what are the other the options available for Mikaail. I am fairly familiar with what the Centre can assist the special needs person. I had previously written to them for handicap carpark label as well as the levy concession for handicapped person.
With more Singaporean aging, the Centre does show/connect you to the relevant bodies. Previously, I had to surf the net to look for assistance as there was no particular place where you can actually walk in to seek assistance or enquiry. According to the Centre representative, seems that if a child is born with disability, the parents are immediately directed to the Centre for assistance.
Through the Centre at the Expo, I found out that the Spastic Children's Association also has a Day Activity Centre which cares for adult handicapped person from 9 am to 4:30 pm! The Centre representative asked us what are we going to do for Mikaail when he turns 18! That's 5 years from now and he will be 18 sooner than we think! So the Spastic Children's Association could of course be an option as he is a student for several years now.
We took a picture at one of the participating booth. Cant recall which booth though!
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