Comments on: Victor Chin’s Empathy

By: Anthony Khong

Anthony Khong — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:31:01 +0000

Hi! Peter
I have a copy of ‘Making Life Easier 2008/09′ catalogue with over 800 products for easier living for the disabled. It covers equipments and appliances ranging from Mobility, Bathing, Toileting, Personal Care, Bed & Chair to things like Comfort, Health & Leisure, Household and Dining. If you feel you would like to have a copy I can send it to you but require your postal address. The paper catalogue is not heavy so can easily send by post. E-mail me to let me know your decision. God bless.
Anthony

Peter:
Thanks. Will email you privately regarding this.

By: Meng

Meng — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:15:27 +0000

I can understand your frustration. It is very challenging to travel around Malaysia for any disabled people. I noticed that you were wearing a jacket in the photos. Wasn’t it hot? I sweat profusely when I am in KL. I have met some people who sweat very little. Unfortunately, I am not one of them. Hopefully, I will be back in Malaysia soon.

Peter:
I was wearing a jacket as I was running a fever then. My body’s thermoregulation is faulty due to spinal cord injury. I sweat very little. That is why I get very uncomfortable when the weather is too hot or too cold.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:17:06 +0000

Vic is a highly talented photographer and well respected for his support of the disabled. However this particular exhibition falls a little short of the previous two.

If a picture paints a thousand words, then, the bottom set of pics speak more eloquently about the plight of the disabled. How? they depict the disabled subject’s endeavour despite their disability. Hence evokes empathy more effectively.

My elderly sis, born without hands and hence cannot write or type, has asked me to post this comment:

Showing a disabled subject looking merely sombre in a disabled unfriendly circumstances or environment communicates at best, the sense of helplessness. The emotion it succeeds in evoking is sadly, merely sympathy or worse still only pity. So NOT what the disabled person needs. Disabled people need to be featured more positively as in the bottom set of pictures, where their plight is presented alongside their endeavour.