Para-athletes Need Support, Not Sympathy
By Emilia Ismail
April 2020 FEATURE
“Sad ? Go and buy her tissue lah. She doesn't need your sympathy.” My friend Rizal quips when I told him I felt sad upon learning that the former national swimmer Koh Lee Peng is currently selling tissue packets at Bandar Perda, Bukit Mertajam.“I think the social narrative about the para-athlete and differently-abled communities in general needs to change. She isn't asking for sympathy. She is asking for support so that she can be independent. If she decides to earn...
Emilia Ismail
is a freelance writer who has a love-hate relationship with the weighing scale.
