Intellectually disabled actor in short film which tackles caregiving issues

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Muhammad Nur Arif Muzani acted in a short film released in 2018 called Layang Layang Terbang Melayang (The Kite Soars High). In the film, he plays a son coming to terms with his mother's death.
Muhammad Nur Arif Muzani (centre), with his parents, Mr Muzani Jaffar and Madam Jaliah Mohammad. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
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SINGAPORE - Muhammad Nur Arif Muzani, 22, has global developmental delay, an intellectual disability. He is also an actor.

Arif, as his friends and family call him, goes to a centre in Rosyth Road each morning, where he packs airline headphones, and then goes home to watch videos or play games on his iPad.

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