Whenever children see people with disabilities, they will ask directly, and the parents will feel embarrassed, and stop children for asking or keep silence.
Over the time, resulting children be afraid of people with disabilities.
When facing people, Boon Siong will take off his jacket generously, revealing the right arm with two small fingers, Boon Siong said they represent “victory” and “peaceful.”
Ong Boon Siong is one of the finalists of “Ten Outstanding Young Malaysian Award” with social service category. Of all the outstanding performance, only proves one thing: if we really want to do it, nothing is impossible.
Today, he could live independently is the effort of his mother. Boon Siong’s mother is very wise, she train him to be independent, think different ways to solve problems. Boon Siong remind everyone to be grateful to mother if we were born complete. During the secondary school, Boon Siong is a very low self-esteem, shy boy, he always cover up his right arm with long, but after reading the book “Think and Grow Rich”, he changed. “In order for others to accept you, first you must accept yourself”, this phase changed Boon Siong belief, become more confidence and made his life meaningful and exciting.