Husband and wife from Myanmar
Married for 1 1/2 years
PHYO KO KO, 24
Disability: Right-leg amputee after car accident at age 5
Sport: Swimming
ZIN MAR HTUN, 25
Disability: Born with underdeveloped right leg
Sport: Swimming
Mar Htun: "We met at a training camp before last year's Asean Para Games in Naypyitaw, and got married four months after the Games. Ko Ko is crazy about the games on his phone and I don't really like that."
Ko Ko: "She's very good at making clothes. I love the shirts she makes for me."
Brothers from Laos
Their older brother and older sister do not have
visual impairments.
BOUALOY THONGKHAM, 20
Disability: Partially sighted
Sport: Goalball
TONG THONGKHAM, 18
Disability: Partially sighted
Sport: Goalball
Boualoy ( left): "It's really fun to be able to play with family. Tong can play very fast and does a good job.
"Our father was a rice farmer and passed away 10 years ago. I want to help my mother, but it's hard because I cannot see. We live far away from her so I go back to visit her once a year during the Lao New Year in April. She's very happy for us that we're able to come to Singapore. She wanted to come but we don't have money."
Father and son from Malaysia
MOHAMED SHAHRUL RAFIQ MAULA MUSTAFA, 25
Disability: Cerebral palsy
Sport: Boccia
MUSTAFA ARIFIN, 63
Sport: Boccia (assistant)
Shahrul: Because of his condition, Shahrul uses sign language to communicate and can say only two words: Papa and Mama.
Mustafa: "My wife passed away 4 1/2 years ago so I have to take Shahrul with me wherever I go and take care of him full-time. We're very close. It makes me happy to spend time with Shahrul. Whatever he needs, I'll support him. He's a good boy and doesn't give problems. We go to watch wayang kulit (shadow puppetry) twice a month together."
Husband and wife from the Philippines
Married for 19 years with a daughter
NOEL ESPANOL, 48
Disability: Optic atrophy
Sport: Bowling
GINA ESPANOL, 43
Disability: Choroidal coloboma
Sport: Bowling
Gina: "We met at a massage training centre and own a massage parlour in Manila where we live now. It's a challenge when we're travelling because we can't see, so we have to rely on each other and asking other people for help."
Noel: "I can't see, but people have told me that Gina is very beautiful."
Husband and wife from Vietnam
Married since 2009 with a three-year-old daughter
NGUYEN QUANG VUONG, 32
Disability: Right-arm amputee
Sport: Swimming
NGUYEN THI THUY, 26
Disability: Born with deformed left hand
Sport: Swimming
Thuy: "We had a lot of difficulty with parenthood initially, with things like changing the baby's diapers and feeding her. So we got help from our parents, but now that she's older, it's much easier."
Vuong: "We didn't get along at first when we met in the national team. We hardly talked. We ran into each other again five years later at the sports club that I work at and got to know each other. I realised that she works really hard in training. She's also cute and is a great cook."
Husband and wife from Singapore
Married for 26 years, with two daughters and a son
BAHKIA HASHIM, 62
Disability: Polio
Sport: Bowling
FARIDAH SALLEH, 58
Disability: Polio
Sport: Shooting
Faridah: "It was a challenge for us raising three children, especially when they were still babies. But we had a lot of help and support from our extended family."
Bahkia: "At times, when we sent our children to school, we would worry about what our children's friends would think. We had no confidence and worried that they would be ashamed of us. But our children have always said they're proud of us."
Husband and wife from Singapore
Married for 21 years
LING TECK MONG, 53
Disability: Paralysed from chest down since age 19 after an accident during national service
Sport: Shooting
ANGIE LIM, 48
Disability: Hampered on right side of body after car accident at 13
Sport: Shooting
Lim: "We met at an organisation for the handicapped in 1990 and got married in 1994. I was very intrigued by him because he seemed like a very mysterious guy who kept to himself."
Ling: "We tried shooting for fun at HomeTeamNS about three years ago, which led to competing. Angie is a very simple person and easy to get along with."
Father and son from Brunei
ROSLI HAJI HASTAN, 45
Disability: Right-leg amputee after falling from a building while working at a construction site at age of 15
Sport: Athletics
MOHAMMAD KHAIRIN AZHAR ROSLI, 17
Disability: Intellectual impairment
Sport: Athletics
Rosli: "I've been competing since 1989. My son is a very positive person and for him to work hard to represent Brunei together with me is something our family is very proud of."
Khairin: "My dad was the one who influenced me to get involved in athletics. He's an eight-time APG gold medallist and that's something I'm really proud of."
Siblings from Brunei
AWANG RADUAN AWANG HAJI MATAHA, 40
Disability: Visual impairment
Sport: Athletics
DYG NOR HENSAN AWANG HAJI MATAHA, 31
Disability: Visual impairment
Sport: Athletics
Hensan: "There are 11 of us in the family, not including our parents, and we're very close. My brother understands how I feel and knows exactly what I go through."
Awang: "Hensan is a very positive person and a great influence. She was the one who got me into sports."
