U-Chelsea Werner udelele amathuba e-Down syndrome. Ayiyontshatsheli ye-Olimpiki kane kuphela, kodwa abantu bayamqaphela kwihlabathi liphela ngokumodela kwakhe.
Akothuswa nantoni na okanye nabani na, umama wase-Chelsea, uLisa Werner, uxelele Ukwazi. Akakhathali nokuba ubani ucinga ntoni na.
ULisa wathi xa u-Chelsea ezalwa, uLisa nomyeni wakhe bazibuza ukuba buza kuba njani ubomi kwintombazana yabo encinci. Ngelo xesha, kwakungekho mizekelo emihle yabantu abaphumeleleyo abane-Down syndrome kumajelo eendaba okanye kumabonwakude, ngoko ke i-Werners yayisazi ukuba kuya kufuneka ukuba bazenzele indlela yabo.
Kuya kufuneka ufumane inkanuko, ufumane into abayithandayo kwaye bayondle, utshilo uLisa. Emva kokuphonononga imidlalo eyahlukeneyo, i-Chelsea yathandana ne-gymnastics.
Abazali be-Chelsea kunye nabaqeqeshi bakhulisa ukuthanda kuka-Chelsea kwi-gymnastics kwaye ngoku uphumelele wonke umcimbi awakhe wakhuphisana nawo kwinqanaba likazwelonke.
Ndiziva ndonwabile, utshilo u-Chelsea malunga nokukhuphisana kwinqanaba eliphakamileyo. Kwaye unebhongo.
U-Chelsea wakhawuleza waba luhlobo lomntu ofanelekileyo kunye nonamandla abazali bakhe ababenqwenela ukuba babekho xa wayezalwa. Ukuba besinokubona into efana ne-Chelsea kule minyaka imbalwa yokuqala, bekuya kuqinisekisa ukwazi, ewe, unokuba nobomi obulungileyo, utshilo uLisa.
I-Chelsea iye yaxhoma kunye nezinye iimpawu ze-gymnast, kuquka uLaurie Hernandez, uSimone Biles kunye no-Aly Raisman - abafazi base-Chelsea bajonge phezulu ngoku bamkele i-Chelsea kwihlabathi labo.
Kodwa i-Chelsea ayingomntu wokuzikhawulela. Emva kokwamkela isipho sokuzama ukwenza imodeli okokuqala, kwaye kwacaca ukuba i-Chelsea yayiyindalo yokusebenza kunye nekhamera - kodwa akukho arhente yokumodela yayiza kumthatha, ixelela uLisa ukuba akukho ntengiso yemodeli ene ukukhubazeka okanye Down syndrome.
Kwiminyaka kamva, ividiyo ye-viral ye-Gymnastics ye-Chelsea ye-gymnastics yabamba iliso Sithetha uLawulo lweModeli.
Kusenqabile kakhulu ukubona imodeli ekhubazekileyo, utshilo uLisa. Sisayilwa loo nto rhoqo. Kukho abantu abavulekele kuyo, abanye abayili, kodwa ngokubanzi iseluhlobo lomqobo wendlela esinethemba lokuwophula.
Ngokubonakaliswa kwe-Chelsea kumazwe ngamazwe, zombini njengomdlali onomdla kunye nemodeli, abantu baqala ukuqaphela. U-Chelsea kunye noLisa banethemba lokuba abanye abantu abancinci abane-Down syndrome okanye abakhubazekileyo babona i-positivity ejikeleze umsebenzi we-Chelsea, ebakhuthaza ukuba boyise imiqobo yendlela yabo.
Ucela umngeni kwisiqhelo kwaye ndinebhongo kakhulu ngokuba yinxalenye yoku, utshilo uLisa.
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