Although I could read independently by the end of primary 2, writing continued to be laborious for me. Copying from the board to the notebook in front of me was most difficult, both for my eyes and fingers and I was exhausted by the time I finished half a day in school.

Observing that my learning weakness could be due to motor-coordination or sensory integration issues, my mother was advice to let me undergo therapy aimed at improving the lower level of motor skills. I started with movement therapy at the end of primary 2 and continue to undergo other therapy such as sound and listening therapy, vision functioning and sensory integration therapy over the next few years.

Although the therapies could not cure me of Attention Deficit Disorder, which is a neurobiological learning disorder of an endearing nature, the therapy helped to improve on areas of inherent weaknesses like visual, auditory and motor coordination. Most importantly, these therapies helped me to express the inner confusions that caused delays in visual, auditory and motor-coordination which affected many aspect of my daily functioning. Being aware of the difficulty at the lowest level, I started to develop strategies that made living with learning disability enjoyable and manageable.