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by Cheng-E Tham
Mar 7, 20173 min read
The Clarity after the Storm
It was a manic month. We couldn’t count the times we changed soiled sheets, washed hands, disinfected toys. We used up a full supply of...
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by Cheng-E Tham
Jan 12, 20172 min read
Amos Goes Mainstream
Tomorrow is the real deal. For the past three days it’s all very dandy with eager daddies and mummies lending many hands to the two brave...
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by Cheng-E Tham
Dec 25, 20162 min read
The Gift Of Receiving
If you disapprove of Nazis and the holocaust you’re disapproving something they stood for. It’s called eugenics, and in a nutshell it’s...
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by Cheng-E Tham
Dec 15, 20162 min read
What Is Inclusiveness?
These days we’re hearing it more than ever. It refers to a state of “all-encompassing”. It upholds equality for all. It underscores the...
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By Cheng-E Tham
Nov 26, 20163 min read
A Fascinating Community
We aren’t experts. Something told us that a few days ago. After almost four years of caring for a child with Down syndrome we’re still...
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by Cheng-E Tham
Nov 9, 20163 min read
Getting The Act Together
On November 4, 2016 the Singapore government announced that we’d be charged in court if we didn’t send Amos to get educated by the time...
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by C E Tham
Oct 29, 20163 min read
Kids. It All Begins With Them
I had the privilege of asking a former mayor of Curitiba what he thought would be most important in achieving and improving social...
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by C E Tham
Sep 26, 20163 min read
Sugar: Love It, Hate It
My wife and I want to gorge on chocolates each time we contained a nuclear meltdown. We need sugar in our coffees. We want jam-filled...
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by C E Tham
Sep 17, 20162 min read
Milestones
Life is full of surprises. We recall that moment over three years ago when the news of Amos’ condition opened up a precipice before us....
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by C E Tham
Aug 31, 20162 min read
Dear Special Education Teachers...
Thank you for doing what you do. You saw a lack in society and went right for it. You have embraced a calling and entered the lives of so...
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by C E Tham
Aug 5, 20163 min read
Does Down Syndrome Need Fixing?
In September 2013, researchers at the John Hopkins University found out that the extra chromosome 21 in individuals with Down syndrome...
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by Sandra Lee
Jul 26, 20163 min read
Watch Me! Hear Me!
I brought Amos to his brother’s school. It was a very bucolic setting; with trees all around and sunlight coming through them. We were...
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C E Tham
Jun 29, 20162 min read
Look, No Tube!
This week marked the end of the third week that Amos went – ahem, well… TUBELESS! For those who needed a second glance – yes! TUBELESS!...
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By C E Tham
Jun 22, 20162 min read
How Little I Once Knew...
(Image and article courtesy of Special Seeds Singapore) Down syndrome was an issue we were aware of but never understood. We had been...
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By C E Tham
May 30, 20164 min read
Your Child Has Down Syndrome? You're Not Alone
My wife and I had our fair share of fretting and frustrations, and even as I write they haggled us and would keep on haggling us for as...
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By C E Tham
May 7, 20163 min read
A Day In The Life Of...
Society demands it. A glamorous lifestyle beckons. Even if it isn’t glamorous it has to be chic, swank and comfortable. Apart from cars...
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By C E Tham
Apr 23, 20162 min read
Look, No Hands!
It is morning. From the corners of our eyes we perceive movement. We turn and behold a tiny little thing doddering out of the bedroom;...
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By C E Tham
Apr 8, 20163 min read
Something Lost
This Easter was a special one. Before we go on I must first qualify to say that this is an entry on Christianity. So for those who aren’t...
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By C E Tham
Mar 16, 20163 min read
Do You Even Measure Up?
We are the same in some aspects and we differ in others. It’s a fact. People with Down syndrome tend to lag behind in some areas. We...
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By C E Tham
Mar 13, 20163 min read
Sneeze And Say...Water!
Two year-old Sally was playing with her daddy. Propped on her daddy’s jiggling knees, Sally was convulsing in laughter when an itch...
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