Over the weekend, a Facebook post by Choo Kah Ying, the mother of Sebastien, a 20-year-old autistic teen, went viral. She recounted an incident at Bishan Park, which ended in her son being handcuffed and put into a police car for the first time, "not because he committed a crime, but because of fear and poor judgment".
The pair were at the park on Saturday morning to skate. Along the way, Sebastien ran over to a truck to open and close its doors — one of his "obsessions" that Choo found difficult to stop. But the workers gathered nearby didn't mind and smiled reassuringly at her.