Umzekelo waseMerika uAmanda Booth kunye nendodana yakhe uMika ene-Down syndrome baye bahlobisa isiqulatho senombolo entsha ye-Dutch tabloid Vogue Living. Le ntombazana yayingabonisi nje intatheli kwindlu yelizwe laseLos Angeles, kodwa iphinda ixelele malunga neenkcukacha zokukhuliswa kwengane "ilanga".
Ngokuphathelele indlu kunye nokwamkela izihambi
U-Amanda kunye nomyeni wakhe uMike kunye nendodana yakhe, bakhetha ngamabomu ukuphila kwindlu yelizwe ejikelezwe yendalo, ngenxa yokuba bathanda ukuhamba, ukuhamba kunye nokuxhoma eenkampini:
"Ngesizathu esithile kubonakala ngathi" sibalekele "kuyo yonke loo migama ngenxa ye-Down's syndrome yomntwana wethu, kodwa oku akunjalo. Sithanda ngokwenene imvelo kwaye sazama ukufumana indlu kwindawo esondeleyo kwiindawo ezitshintshileyo kunye nomoya ococekileyo. Awuyi kukholwa, kodwa sineminyaka yeshumi elinamakhulu anesundu esicatsheni, ndiyakrokreka ukuba sele ikhona apha kwixesha langaphambili. "
Umzekelo uthembisa ngothando ngendlu yakhe nakwiimangalo ukuba bahlala bebahlobo:
"Siye sakha indlu yeendwendwe ecaleni kwendlu yendlu, ayizange ibe nalutho!"
Ngomntwana "wolanga" ulonwabo kwindlela "ye-intanethi"
UAmanda uvume ukuba yena nomyeni wakhe baqale bathetha ukungafihli kwiintatheli kunye noluntu olujikelezile ngenxa yokugula komntwana:
"Sakhetha ubomi kwimodi ye-intanethi: sikhombise ngokucacileyo ubomi bemihla ngemihla, sishicilele iifoto zethu ekuhambeni, ekuhambeni naseeholide zentsapho. Asinanto yokuba sive neentloni okanye inzondo, sincinane kwaye sibazali abonwabileyo "ngumntwana okhethekileyo". Siyabulela ngoku kuvuleka, sithola impendulo engabonakaliyo kunye nencoko kunye nabazali abafanayo. Ubomi bethu buvumela ukuba unyana azi umhlaba kwaye angabi ukoyika! "
Umzekelo wachaza ukuba kunzima kuye ukuba adibanise ukukhuliswa kwakhe kunye nomsebenzi, ngoko uvakalelwa ngokuxabisekileyo kumama wakhe:
"Umama wathabatha ininzi inkathazo. Emva kokuba umntwana efumene ukuba ene-Down syndrome, waphosa yonke into waza washukumisela kuthi. Washiya ubomi bakhe kwaye oku kubaluleke kakhulu kubazali ... ukuxhasa, ukukhula nokukhulula. Andikhathele ukumbulela oku! "
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Umntwana ekukhuselekeni kwiphephancwadi laseDutch yeWogue
Abazali bomntwana "okhethekileyo" bavuma ukuba unyana wabo akayikuqala ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiifoto kwaye xa bevuyiswa ukufumana isipho esivela kumaphephancwadi:
"Siyakuhlonipha ukuba sihlasele iVogue kwaye sabelane ngembali yethu. Ewe, oku akusiyo okokuqala uMika ebuza abafotshini, kodwa, kwakukho ukudubula kwiplani yesitengiso kwaye kungakaze siphinde sabelane ngamava ethu, akazange avulwe iingcango zendlu yethu kwiintatheli. "
UAmanda Booth (@amanda_booth)