Beating the odds

All pumped up: National chess players Siti Safura Jaafar (right) and Nur Feiqha Maulad Mohamad Halil can’t wait for the Asean Para Games to start. — Bernama

NATIONAL chess player Siti Safura Jaafar was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) when she was just three years old.

SMA is a genetic disease affecting the part of the nervous system that controls voluntary muscle movement.