“All my life I knew something was wrong with my left side. it was weaker, my hand was locked, I was stumbling… But my only “treatment” was an elevated shoe because my left leg was shorter. I have never heard of anything else.’ Emmy suffers from cerebral palsy, a disability born from brain damage acquired before, during or shortly after birth.
But while the young woman’s struggles were evident, she didn’t make a name for herself until… 32 years old. Did his parents know? Perhaps they wanted to protect him from a heavy label, the young woman assumes. But his doctors never told him about it. And she never benefited from care that could have limited her disability.
Long way
Another time, another place. almost eight years ago, Kristel gave birth to Filipina. “Three weeks before the birth, I felt that she was no longer moving like before.he recalls. We checked his heart, ultrasound…
Source: Le Figaro
