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Enabling Masterplan 2030 wish list: ENABLED: Living with Down syndrome
After mum's death, he 'must be the one to care for dad'
The Straits Times interviewed three people with different disabilities as well as their caregivers to capture their daily routines and hopes. Their stories carry common threads of hope for more patience and empathy, more community support, and more structured help after graduation.
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"Mummy, I love you," said 34-year-old Guan Chau Kuok as he looked skyward when asked about memories of his mother, who died in 2012 of breast cancer.
"Before she passed, I said, 'Mother, please don't go. If you go, I will be sad,'" he said. "When she died, my father and I cried and cried. But at the end, I know mother loves us from heaven."
