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Play Invisible refuses to ghettoise disability
December 30, 2025, Straits Times
Receiving the script for Invisible, 46-year-old Jaspreet Kaur Sekhon found herself assigned the character of a proud, uppity hotel guest, with obnoxious lines such as, “What’s the meaning of this?” and “I’m waiting.” Nothing made her happier. As a person with Down syndrome, it was her chance to play against type…
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What’s it like getting your portrait taken by a Deaf photographer?
November 30, 2025, Channel News Asia
You assume you’re comfortable with silence after almost a decade of being a journalist. Interviewees don’t always open up the way you hope they would, but silence comes in shades – the considered pause of someone working through their thoughts versus the taut quiet of someone uneasy by what they…
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Turning Art Into Income for Persons with Disabilities
November 26, 2025, Channel News Asia
Angela Tan, Executive Director of ART:DIS, believes the arts are a vital pathway to independence. Together with her team and network of partners and artists, she secures partnerships and mentorships to create viable livelihoods for persons with disabilities, dismantling systemic barriers and creating more equitable opportunities in the process. Watch…
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A Special Performance Embodying Maternal Love
November 21, 2025, Lianhe Zaobao
On 16 November 2025, I was invited to watch a completely different production, based of lived experiences of persons with disabilities. It was a double-bill performance held at the Black Box of ART:DIS Singapore, starring visually-impaired actors Amanda Yip and Odilia Ser in Of Butterflies and Dreams, and neurodiverse actors…