April 18, 2021
Ms Tan Siew Ling with the braille device which can be synced to her phone or laptop, letting her communicate with others.
ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
Tan Siew Ling has an uncanny ability to remember dates, reeling off with conviction days and months of events that she considers important.
She reckons it is because she is blind. Referring to books or notes to jolt the memory is not an easy option. I cannot just pick up something and read, I need someone to read it for me and I don t have people around to help me all that often so I have to remember things, she says.
The Straits Times
She lost her sight and her hearing but she never lost hope and optimism
Ms Tan Siew Ling with the braille device which can be synced to her phone or laptop, letting her communicate with others. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
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