Physically Challenged Lady Shares Her Story Of How She Overcame Stigmatization
The lady who goes by the name, Victoria, shared her heartwarming story on her social media page. She wrote: “MY NAME IS VICTORIA, FONDLY CALLED VICK IN MY EARLY 20’S LOVER OF GOD LOVE MUSIC LIKE I LOVE MYSELF AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDYING ECONOMICS CHILDHOOD WAS NOT AN EASY ONE FOR ME AT TIMES I WAS DISCRIMINATED OR CALLED NAMES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL (SMALL CHILDREN SENSE I GUESS)(FUNNY NAMES, because OF MY HAND DUE TO BIRTH CASUALTIES FROM NURSES) EVEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MY HAND SEEMED SCARY TO THEM AND EVERYONE NEEDED AN EXPLANATION, I COULDN’T EXPLAIN OR TELL WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME AT THAT AGE, BUT I CAN REMEMBER VIVIDLY GOING HOME AND CRYING TO MY MUM THAT I WAS CALLED “ONE HAND OR BENT HAND OR HANDICAPPED”…. ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS STAY ALONE AND LIVE A QUIET LIFE EVEN AS A LITTLE CHILD AND I GREW UP ALONE HAVING NO YOUNGER ONE(THEN)AND MY (ELDER)SIS WAS FAR AWAY….. I TRIED TO SCALE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL WITH LITTLE OR LESS DRAMA BUT HISTORY STILL REPEATED ITSELF AGAIN JUST LIKE PRIMARY