Question and answer with Fidel Weng, a 14-year-old student with autism

Fidel Weng has received much support from his school, teachers, allied educators and friends. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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Fidel shares with Jane Ng his thoughts on his condition, the support he gets and how he copes. This is an edited excerpt of interviews with Fidel done over e-mail and WhatsApp.

I have ASD, which stands for autism spectrum disorder, or you can say autism for short.

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