How Siti Hawa achieved a PhD with her mother at her side
Living with spinal muscular atrophy, the 37-year-old completed her studies with her mum beside her through lectures, exams and years of physical challenges.
Siti Hawa, with spinal muscular atrophy, earned a PhD and became the first in Malaysia to complete continuous higher education at one university.
Siti Hawa was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy as a child.
She needed a wheelchair by secondary school and shared it with her brother.
Her father helped her with school daily, inspiring her to study hard.
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Despite physical challenges brought on by spinal muscular atrophy, Siti Hawa has managed to obtain her PhD and is now involved in programmes promoting greater inclusion for people with disabilities. (UMPSA pic) KUALA LUMPUR: For nearly two decades, Siti Hawa Apandi’s mother was never far from her side. Zaidah Tamjis became what her daughter describes as her “hands and feet” through years of study at Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA).
That journey eventually took Siti Hawa, 37, from a diplomato a PhD, earning her recognition from the Malaysia Book of Records as the first person with spinal muscular atrophy to complete continuous higher education studies at a single university.
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