He tells it with straightforwardness, and the book would have you reading from the start and following him through his journey of transformation. Gary’s book gives hope to those tried by life’s adversities, and offers a grounded perspective on living purposefully for self and others. I am Not a Label is 34 artists, thinkers, athletes and activists with disabilities from past and present. In a HIV shelter for children in India, a group of medical students from Singapore meet Uma—a victim, a survivor, a mother. As she says in her introduction when she was growing up as a child born with just one hand “there just weren’t enough books with a disabled protagonist” and “Everyone deserves to see someone like them in a story and achieving something great” Her own achievements are themselves inspirational and she has long been a disability rights campaigner as well as much loved CBeebies presenter and children’s author and so the whole book is infused with authenticity and passion.

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Through the 90-odd paintings in this book, Teng Jee Hum hopes to share his feelings about what it has been like to be a Singaporean in the last 50 years or so. This anthology devotes its pages to both historical and current figures - everyone from Frida Kahlo and Beethoven to Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, Farida Bedwei, and Isabella Springmuhl Tejada. I loved the diversity of characters the author chose (artists, musicians, athletes, scientists, activists. Large illustrations and simple biographies will encourage readers to explore the lives of these disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists who are leaders in their fields. I myself have Cerebral Palsy and Hydrocephalus with 4 severe vision impairmants and I am an electric wheelchair user.From the famous to the less well-known, and from the past to the contemporary, it’s a wonderfully eclectic range of stories, each introduced with humour and heart. Why did independent Singapore celebrate two hundred years of its founding as a British colony in 2019? Burnell doesn’t focus on the challenges of disabilities and highlights all of the aspirations, ambition, compassion, and dreams the featured people have, but at the same time she makes it a point to discuss the cultural stereotypes that make it difficult to navigate being a disabled youth.

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An intellectual salvo from young and passionate Singaporeans inhabiting different slices of Singapore society, The Birthday Book is a collection of 51 essays. My son C was delighted to see Beethoven on the first page because he is absolutely obsessed with composers.I am hoping, however, that this will be corrected in the final published book as I think this book is so important, for children to see themselves in books.

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This New Edition of This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn features a new Afterword by the author, and a Foreword by Kwok Kian Woon, Professor of Sociology at the . This is a collection of stories of 14 families of different ancestry, whose forefathers migrated to Southeast Asia from southern China in the last two centuries. This book is a great book to show how we are all different and have struggles but that anything is possible. His success here, and hopefully in what will be a bright future, shows why I believe in the power of second chances in life.Having gone through a tough and rough life journey gave him the strength to be a scholar, a social influencer, a role model, and a change maker. Some cultures viewed disability as a curse, some made people think and feel like they wouldn’t amount to anything simply because of a difference in their bodies or minds.

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The illustrations are stylish and quirky, each individual given a unique design to help represent who they are and their celebrated differences.The title is perfect for the purpose and content of the book and really hits home, as does the cover. This book weaves together critical studies of Singaporean films, compelling personal reflections, and analysis of the contemporary socio-political discourse.