A baby boy born to the family was diagnosed as suffering from serious hearing impairment. What should the parents do?
Ben Ho is now 16, a Form IV student. In a Taekwon-Do Black Belt Invitation Tournament held in April, he has won the championship in the Juvenile Category. In the tournament, the audience was enchanted by Lim Ching's Taekwon-Do skills, his punching and kicking speed and the way he performed the patterns. Nobody noticed this youngster was suffering from hearing impairment. Ben Ho started wearing hearing aid and receiving hearing and language trainings in special school at the age of three, but studied with mainstream students in mainstream school in primary one. He has been wearing short hair which exposes his hearing aid since he was small, as his parents started early in teaching him how to accept the reality that he has hearing impairment. They taught Lim Ching to accept himself first so that others would accept him. Lim Ching is a natural born athlete who developed a zeal for Taekwondo sports at the age of seven after his first contact with it. Seeing that Taekwondo can help Lim Ching gain confidence, his parents have always been very supportive of his training.
Parents with disabled children have to make greater efforts, work harder and pay more attention to their children. Proper encouragements must be given to help them accept their impediments and face squarely their limitations, and most important of all, parents should help their children develop their strengths, broaden their horizons and let them develop in a caring and supportive environment.
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