Foursome

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As the four-day trip draws closer to the end, the children seem to be happily awaiting their home sweet home. But as they start packing, I can see they feel sad to leave the places they called home for the last three days and the coaches and choreographers who supported them wholeheartedly and show them great kindness.

We selected four ID kids for this endeavour and each has distinctive personality. Liu Yuan is serious, reserved and determined. MeiYing is athletic and straightforward. TuJun is an active and talkative teenager. And Fong Miao is outgoing yet with restricted ability of limp movements. Not only do they get along very well, they take care of one another, fetching water bottles, towels and carrying bags.

It is the first time I spend so much time with intellectually disabled children. They are not so much different from the normal ones. They might be mentally less developed but they are more innocent, less complex and mostly importantly, happier than most. The longer you spend time with them, the more you will fall in love with them.