A mother from Perlis drove to Penang once she felt strong enough after being discharged from hospital, so she could surprise her non-verbal son at school. She had been apart from the boy, Ayin, for nearly two months for health reasons, and she shared the reunion in a post on Threads that drew a strong response online.
Writing on the platform, she said the drive came first and the tiredness second. “After being discharged from hospital and finally feeling strong enough to drive long distances again, I went to visit my second child. This child of mine is destined for heaven. Without a voice, without a sound. A ticket to heaven for me too,” she wrote, according to WORLD OF BUZZ.
The surprise worked better than she planned. She waited in her car at the school, and her son walked past without looking up until something about the vehicle caught his eye. “He was walking past my car when he seemed to recognise it. I got out and waved at him, and he immediately burst into tears and ran towards me, hugging me tightly as he cried,” she wrote. She said she held back her own tears, because she had long ago promised herself she would never cry in front of her children.
She came with more than a hug. Ayin, who is preparing to sit for his SPM examination, was met with a custom cake carrying a short written message, his favourite sushi and fried chicken. “We cut the cake and ate KFC and sushi together. He ate with a good appetite,” she wrote.
The timing matters to the family. The 2026 SPM written papers run from 23 November to 17 December, with 420,879 candidates registered at 3,334 examination centres nationwide, Malay Mail reported.
Asked what she would tell other parents of children with disabilities, she did not soften the work involved. “Don’t give up because they only have us since we wanted them to be born into this world. We are responsible and accountable to raise them, no matter if we have to raise our child alone or together with the spouse or anyone,” she told WORLD OF BUZZ.
She also urged parents to learn the condition rather than work around it. “Please occupy yourself with the knowledge of the disabilities, and learn how to handle them since they are sensitive and need some extra care. Attend the classes or any training, courses if necessary,” she said.
Her advice to families who are struggling was to bring in people who know the work, instead of keeping the child at home. She said parents should also teach basic routines and daily living skills early, so that a child can look after himself once his parents are no longer around. For her, the drive north was the easy part.
