: In life we all know by now that no man is an island, in order to get by one has to affiliate themselves with those who will support them in any kind or form of support that might be needed to make it through and succeed in their journey.
Support and love from loved ones or close by people is important in a sense that not only does it give strength and courage, but it also provides the necessary or needed guidance in ensuring that in all the various endeavours we pursue, we do stand great chances of succeeding.
Same applies with coming to terms with and accepting one’s disability condition. It can be a mammoth task on its own, but with rightful support structures from close family and friends one can make it peacefully so.
Like Miss Valry Rampedi, a young woman from Bolobedu village in Limpopo who was born with a normal and fully abled person until having a minor accident that resulted in her being paraplegic at the tender age of 19.
The 28 years old saw her accident affecting her mobility, resulting in her being wheelchair bound. Like many others, the support and courage from loved ones made it easier for her to accept the disability condition as simple as possible.

In life we all know by now that no man is an island, in order to get by one has to affiliate themselves with those who will support them in any kind or form of support that might be needed to make it through and succeed in their journey.
Support and love from loved ones or close by people is important in a sense that not only does it give strength and courage, but it also provides the necessary or needed guidance in ensuring that in all the various endeavours we pursue, we do stand great chances of succeeding.
Same applies with coming to terms with and accepting one’s disability condition. It can be a mammoth task on its own, but with rightful support structures from close family and friends one can make it peacefully so.
Like Pabalelo Kgotatso Pudule, a young man from Mmanokwane village in Taung who was born with Cerebral palsy condition as a result of a home incident that occurred to her mother of falling whilst pregnant.
The 27 years old saw his condition affect his mobility, resulting in him using crutches. Like many others, the support and courage from loved ones made it easier for him to accept his disability condition as simple as possible

: In life we all have dreams and aspirations, or at least most of us. This defines our inner characters and the kind of people we are or wish to be.
Many grew up believing firmly in love, they grew up being loved whole heartedly by both parents and they believed that their time to meet their soulmates, love one another and give lots of love to their children.
Unfortunately in the journey of life many things do happen, that end up derailing people from their long term dreams and aspirations, changes do occur that end up misleading many to think that they are no longer able to keep up or able to meet their dreams and aspirations.
33 years old Lutendo Serumula grew up with hopes and aspirations of one day being a family woman, a mother to beautiful children and wife to a wonderful loving man. Her hopes and dreams blinked blurry when she encountered a disability condition, rendering her to thinking that she can not be loved by any man when she is disabled.
To her surprise, she finds herself today as a mother of three and a wife to a wonderful husband, her long term dream and aspiration has occurred through the midst of her terrific ordeal of a disability life.

In life we all have dreams and aspirations, or at least most of us. This defines our inner characters and the kind of people we are or wish to be.
Many have for many moons ago aspired to have their “hearts in a human form”, meaning their own child whom they will see as a reflection upon themselves, being their duplicate, doing many other things with them and even going to an extend of becoming friends.
Unfortunately upon the journey of conceiving and expecting, many things do go wrong, not as per expectations. Though researches state that only 1 in 25 pregnancies may result in the birth of a disabled child, rare as it is, it does happen to those few unfortunate ones. Birthing a disabled child may be nothing unfortunate, but having to nurture and upbringing them, that’s just where an unfortunate task might emerge.
Mrs Keneilwe Gaetsewe has been at that unfortunate task for the past 18 years now. The mother of 3 gave birth to a cerebral palsy child 18 years ago who had speech impairments and no control or use of both his arms. The task has not been any easy but she has been holding the fort very well up to thus far.

Disability is a condition that has grown to be accepted by many, and embraced it to the fullest in the most positive attitude ever.
Whether one is born with a dissability condition or it is something they encountered in the course of their lives, coming to terms with it and pursuing a happier and successful life has become the common norm in the dissability community.
The very same is the life story of Mr Koketso Mankge. The 29 years old physically challenged born young man who was born and bred in a village of Tafelkop.
Mr Mankge had a tough time learning and understanding his disability well, but eventually he did get on with it. Upon realising how many were struggling to come to terms with their disability condition and their close relatives also understanding more about it, he saw a need to start an online campaign to educate people more about disability.

Disability is a condition that has grown to be accepted by many, and embraced it to the fullest in the most positive attitude ever.
Whether one is born with a dissability condition or it is something they encountered in the course of their lives, coming to terms with it and pursuing a happier and successful life has become the common norm in the dissability community.
The very same is the life story of Mr Edward Petlwane Mampane. The 29 years old paraplegic who was born and bred in the small mining town of Marble Hall in Limpopo grew up as a fully abled and active child, until a short illness led to his dissability.
Petlwane has not let his misfortunes dictate to his destiny; in fact he managed to accept his condition as it is and looked forward to a better and brighter future

We are currently at a time of the year whereby many let loose, relaxes a bit and goes out to have a wonderful time of their lives, people are going all out to relieve the hard times they experienced through-out the year. Meanwhile others are continuing to work to better their lives and those of others.
Just as others continue to work to better their lives and those of people around them, the dreamers as well go on working hard to fulfil their dreams as well.
Whether fully abled or disabled, dreams cannot be delayed or paused because it is festive season, so says 24 years old Cerebral Palsy survivor Kelebogile Morakile.
Kelebogile has been wheel-chair bound for the past 16 years after CP affected her left side both arm and leg. At school she has always been interested in poetry and in it she found a perfect way to express herself, her feeling and emotions and also how she views the world.

Disability is a condition that has grown to be accepted by many, and embraced it to the fullest in the most positive attitude ever.
We have many kinds and forms of disabilities, visible and invincible kinds of disabilities. Some are born with their disability conditions whilst to some it emerged as a result of a certain illness or even an accident. Unfortunately to some it emerged as a result of extensive physical abuse suffered from their partners.
Today we learn from a domestic violence victim who got a disability condition as a result of extensive abuse suffered, and how she has managed to put all that behind her and move on with life.

Gender based Violence has been an on-going scourge in the world and in our country South Africa as well. For many many moons while ago women have been subjected to the worst in the face of humanity, limited to female reffered to or regarded work such as house hold chores whilst men worked in any kind of field they desired, and were subjected to little to no rights over their bodies as well. Men for many moons saw themselves as having authority over the female’s bodies.
Luckily in the advent of the 21st century and the evolving of the world, turning into one global village and all adapting to one universal culture, women have been afforded same or equal rights as men, the opportunity to compete and thrive in all industries as well. Unfortunately the issue of entitlement over female’s bodies is a somewhat pandemic still tormenting the phase of humanity so worse to an extend that women end up dying a the hands of men or getting permanently disabled at the hands of men.
The very same scenario above resonates well with Mrs Miranda Lephoko. A 45 years old paraplegic from Rondebult in Germiston suffered severe abuse at the hands of her then husband. Mrs Lephoko was shot cold blooded by her husband who after turned the gun on himself, killing himself at once.
Ms Lephoko has been wheelchair bound for the past 14 years. She was able to braven up and face the situation from the earliest onset, she even manage to go to an extend of founding an organization that advocates for disability rights, called Bring Change In Me.

Challenges and hardships are what we have all grown to accept and learn to live with on a daily basis, we all know people who are directly affected with various hardships and try by all means to pursue their lives to the greatest fullest regardless of their hardships, and we all know those who are indirectly affected, living close-by with someone directly affected.
Of all the hardest hardships we know and encounter with on a daily basis, the hardest is ones that change your life completely, even go to an extend of changing your ability to live your life or pursue your dreams, like dissability. Dissability conditions affect many in various ways, and to our disbelief there are still those out there still not very familiar with dissability life, still prejudice disabled people and to a certain extend belittles and not render the necessary support to them.
Well luckily because this world is forever filled with good Samaritans, there are those who always see the need to go an extra mile in helping others, including disabled people, like Mr Mzwakhe Mofolo. The 27 years old has been working with disabled people on a daily basis for the past five years with an organization named The Love Of God Dissability Foundation, which was founded five years ago by her mother in Ivory Park. The need for the organization was formed after her mother having realised that there was a growing number of neglected disabled people in and around their area.