For eight years, Byron Lai Chi-yung has been a devoted father-of-one, but not once has he received a Father’s Day greeting.
His daughter, Lai Wai-ting, lacks verbal skills. Ting Ting, as she is known in the family, is also unable to feed herself, go to the toilet unassisted, walk, sit, stand or understand concepts like Father’s Day.
She spends most time harnessed to a customised wheelchair, staring blankly into the distance. Scoliosis has caused her spine to warp 50 degrees. The...
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