Captain Meng (centre) with Kong and Lim. Photos: The Star/Azhar Mahfof
Twenty-one-year-old Kong Chan Weng is training to run in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM 2022) in December. That might not seem unusual to many, but Kong is autistic and he runs with a group of neuro-diverse young people.
“I’m running 21.1km (half marathon) in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon,” he says exuberantly.
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Journey to the finish line
Captain Meng (centre) with Kong and Lim. Photos: The Star/Azhar Mahfof
It's important for neuro-divergent individuals to stay healthy and keep active.
Low started the run club to help the neuro-divergent community engage themselves visibily and openly in the society.
Warm-up exercises before the run.
Neuro-divergent runners run alongside their family members (parents and siblings) and volunteers.
Captain Meng (right) shows the runners how to do stretches to warm-up before the run.
Neuro-divergent runner Yap and pacer Metha on one of their weekly runs.
Stretch out those limbs.
Low helps to pace neuro-divergent runner Yap.
Captain Meng showing the runners how it's done.
Neuro-divergent runner Wong (left) and her mother Lok.
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