„My symptoms were visible since early childhood. At some point, I became very sick. First, I started to limp, and then my condition worsened. Finally, they found out what was the matter with me. I was already using a crutch but it was getting increasingly
„My childhood was rather difficult. When I was 15, my 20-year-old brother was killed in a car accident. I was the only child left in the family. Not that we put up with his loss, no, but we actually learned to live with a diseased
„I was born with a spinal hernia and underwent surgery when I was one-year old. I had been developing normally before the surgery. I moved my legs. However, after an improper surgical intervention they told my parents that the surgery was not successful. Had this
“I had an unsuccessful surgery on my leg and I am still suffering from the consequences… From the start, I did not face any barriers either at college or at school. It’s just that my friends could not hide surprise for the first few seconds on
"I was injured when I was 17… I loved swimming very much, I looked forward to every summer and in winter I went to the swimming pool. That summer I was spending my holiday at my grandmother’s place. Together with my friends, I went to the
"I had a leg amputation when I was 15. It happened so unexpectedly and at such an early age that realization did not hit me very hard. For that reason, I managed to leave this difficult period of my life behind really fast. At the age
"Let me start my story with a few words about my condition: I have paranoid schizophrenia. I was diagnosed at the age of 21, when I was a university student. I have always dreamed of a scientist’s career, and I was especially interested in biology.
„I am Mariam Mikiashvili. I am 28 years old. I have a spouse and a child, who will be one year old soon. I live in Tbilisi and I am a special education teacher. I studied this profession in Norway. Before that, I got a
“After finishing school, I wanted to enroll in a dental college, but the college was not adapted for the deaf and hard of hearing people in Georgia. There was one in Russia, but I was already married and I could not travel there. Later, I