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Silent in school for 8 years, Nigel Ng now helps others with selective mutism
Having lost voice after rebukes for being noisy, he now helps others with selective mutism
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Mr Nigel Ng holding his book Silence Is Not Golden, with his mother Janet Wong, father Frederick Ng and his brothers Norman and Nicholas (with glasses). He attributes his recovery mainly to therapy and a strong support system at home and in secondary school.
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For eight years from Primary 3 to Secondary 4, Nigel Ng did not speak a word to his classmates in school.
After being scolded and punished by his teachers for talking too much or too loudly in class in Primary 2, he began to believe that talking was an unpardonable offence.
