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Mwana Gymnast Wa Miaka 13: Bila Woga ... Na Kipofu Kisheria

Wanariadha wengi wana faida ya kuona kile kilicho mbele yao -- mpinzani, baa, kuba.

Lakini kwa Lola Walters mwenye umri wa miaka 13, kwa kawaida hajui nini kinakuja hadi awe umbali wa futi tano kutoka humo.

Walters, mkazi wa Washington, ni kipofu kisheria, na anaugua ugonjwa unaoitwa nystagmus ambao husababisha macho yake kuhama mara kwa mara, na kumwacha akiwa na uoni maradufu na kutokuwa na utambuzi wa kina, gazeti la Daily Mail linaripoti .

"Watu wengi ninaoshindana nao hawajui mimi ni tofauti nao," Walters aliambia chanzo cha habari. "Na kwa jinsi ninavyofahamu inaweza kukaa hivyo. Ikiwa hawajui, hawana haja ya kunifunga tofauti."

Vijana waliwavutia watazamaji katika Chuo cha Mafunzo ya Gymnastics cha Marekani Long Beach Open mapema mwaka huu.

Mamake Lola, Beth, anasema kwamba binti yake amekuwa mtaalamu wa mazoezi ya viungo tangu akiwa na umri wa miaka mitatu -- kukwea kwenye baa za nyani kwa urahisi. Haikuwa mpaka alipokuwa tayari amejiandikisha katika mazoezi ya viungo ndipo Beth alitambua ukubwa wa matatizo ya kuona ya Lola, na kufikia wakati huo, Lola alikuwa tayari ni mtaalamu mzuri wa mazoezi ya viungo, King5.com inaripoti .

"Sijui itakuwaje kufanya mazoezi ya viungo kwa kuona vizuri," Walters aliiambia King5.com , "kwa kweli, sioni tofauti."

Ulemavu wa Lola humfanya kuanguka zaidi kuliko wengine wakati wa maonyesho, ABC inaripoti.

Lakini hiyo inamaanisha kuwa yeye hurejea mara nyingi zaidi, na kujaribu tena.

"Anafanya kazi kwa bidii mara mbili kuliko kila mtu mwingine," Jackie Crooker, kocha wa mazoezi ya Lola, aliiambia ABC , "na nimemwona akianguka zaidi kuliko mtu yeyote, na atasimama na kwenda tena, kila mara.

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Taoboy May 21, 2012

when you don't know you are "handicapped" you wonder what all the commotion is about and you just do which allows the purity to manifest - 

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Noor a.f Mar 30, 2012

miracle ! I didn't tell anyone if they wanted to know or if they didn't want. Fear also must be there for anyone like me who wants to be in the world. what is good leaving the world when everyone is in it.
 I like when children perfgorm well than old people who think they only perfect.