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Syahirah Rasheed, Ph.D.

In Singapore, Syahirah Rasheed has worked with the disability community as a writer, Boccia coach, competition partner, and caregiver for athletes with muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy. As a World Boccia coach educator, she has taught in Europe and Central Asia, bringing international experience to her learning spaces.

Love At First Sight Was Not a Cliché for this Couple

by Syahirah Rasheed, Ph.D. January 7, 2017

For Faisal Rusdi, who has cerebral palsy, love at first sight isn’t simply a cliché.... Read more.

Teaching My Daughter Without Sight

by Syahirah Rasheed, Ph.D. January 7, 2017

For 36-year-old Filipino chess player Francis Ching, who has retinis pigmentosa and is completely visually impaired, believing in love as a husband and father does... Read more.

Pushing To See How Far A Wheelchair Can Take you

by Syahirah Rasheed, Ph.D. January 6, 2017

Before his spinal injury 14 years ago, Emilio Choo from Singapore didn’t even have a passport. Seeing the world from a wheelchair During a self-imposed gap year... Read more.

Calling The Shots In Life With Wheelchair Basketball

by Syahirah Rasheed, Ph.D. January 5, 2017

Stumbling upon wheelchair basketball When Emilio was learning how to drive a handcontrolled car, the person in charge of wheelchair basketball noticed that... Read more.