Here is a short story about me. I was born a normal healthy baby with no problems until a few months later I got sick. Well I was about 2 or 3 months old my mom caught the german measles because she didn't get the shots that she needed and I was too young to get a shot. She had no choice but to take me everywhere she goes because noone else would help her to take care of me. My mom was a teen mother she had me 4 days after her 16th birthday I know things had to be difficult for her. I dont blame her for being this way. I am this way for a reason and I know what reason it is. I need to show myself that I am a strong person and nothing could hold me down. To go further in my sickness I grew a lump in the right side of my brain and my mother was told that I had cerebal palsy. She was also told that I probably would never walk or I would be paralyzed. I got better but the sickness left physical damages.
Pretty much everything on my left side of my body is damaged. Im blind out of my left eye, my left hand is usless (crippled), and my left leg is shorter than my right leg. Even though my mom was young and she could have easily gave up on me. She worked hard with me, she pushed me into doing things that a normal child would do. Without her I would be in a wheel chair with a speech problem. I walk, drive, and go to school like a normal person. Some people dont have a problem in asking me for advice when they need it.
People always tell me that I can't do anything or wont become anything. It may take me a while to do something but eventually I get it done and I prove them wrong. When they see me do better than them in something they always come to me for help. They just treat me like im a evil person when I tell them no after how they treated me.
I used to be afraid to let people know about my disability. I can't hide who I am and I can't change it. If I could change myself I wouldn't do it. I don't want people to feel sorry for me or treat me any different. I am a normal person and people have to understand that.
Besides that I like to design graphics and websites. Designing is all I do and it helps me get my mind off of things.
