Free of Words
By Regina Hoo
July 2018 PENANG PROFILE
One man turns a disability into an expression of art.Artist Ono Kang is dyslexic but was not diagnosed with a reading disorder until he turned 30. Dyslexia was not known in the local community back then, and Ono struggled to fit in at school and was often subjected to cruel teasing.He recalls falling asleep during a school examination once, having exhausted himself completing the subject paper. He was later jolted awake, ears ringing and eyes tearing when a frustrated teacher...
Regina Hoo
is the deputy editor of Penang Monthly.
