No one ever pictures living their whole life with disability but some Kenyans have turned their lives around by accepting their situation.
Unlike back in the day when people living with disabilities were shunned and ridiculed, society is slowly accepting them and giving them equal opportunities just like everyone else.
1. Henry Wanyoike
Henry Wanyoike, who is a blind athlete, has beaten the odds to go ahead and win in different races both locally and internationally.
Wanyoike lost his sight after suffering a stroke on May 1, 1995. He says
“I went to bed a normal person, the following day I found myself in darkness.”
That night he lost 95% of his vision, and lost the rest gradually over the next few years. He was in despair.
“I thought my life had come to an end.”
2. DJ Euphoric
Euphoric lost the ability to use his lower body after being affected by Polio, but he has made a name for himself in the entertainment industry by being among the most sought after spin masters.
Talking about his experience in the past he says
One day, when I was 15, in 2005, I just woke up with pain on my joints. At the hospital they couldn’t figure what was wrong with me.
At first, they said It was a kind of fever, but couldn’t explain why I had wounds on my joints.
I was in Kenyatta National Hospital for almost four months and they tried everything they knew.
Robbers attacked and shot him, At that point he felt something hit him in his back.
I felt nothing at that moment. It did not sound painful at the time.
What I realised was that I was not able to rise up.
In fact, people were passing around and asking what I was doing there until one good Samaritan turned up and took me to the Aga Khan hospital.
He adds
It turned out that the armed robber had shot Tim in the back and smashed his spinal cord.
a heinous act that would confine the young father to a wheel-chair the rest of his life.
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