Eight-year-old Yung Muk-yan wants to be a primary school teacher when she grows up. She's been attending the Canossa Primary School in Wong Tai Sin and is part of a Spastics Association of Hong Kong programme to get more children with disabilities into mainstream schools.
Muk-yan suffers from spina bifida - a condition in which a portion of the spinal chord and nerves fail to develop properly - and wears a brace to prevent curvature of the spine. She is unable to control her bladder, so wears a catheter. When she walks she has a waddling gait.
'I'd love to be a teacher,' says Muk-yan. 'I'm also enjoying learning to play the piano. I've made a lot of friends at the school over the past year. During break time I have to go to the toilet for about 20 minutes as the catheter is very slow, so I miss out on playing with my friends at break time.
'They always ask me why it takes so long to go to the toilet, so I just tell them to go and play first and I'll come later.'
There are 30 children in the mainstream schools integration programme run by the association, one of this year's Operation Santa Claus beneficiaries, ranging in age from kindergarten to secondary school. Occupational therapists work with the schools and children to ensure the environment is made easier for them.
'It's very tiring walking up and down the stairs, there's a lot of steps in this school,' says Muk-yan. Bars have been added to all the steps to help her walk up and, despite her complaints, walking upstairs is the kind of exercise that her occupational therapist encourages.