Kukho uthando oluhamba nathi kuhambo lokukhula

Kwi-2009, eneminyaka eyi-2, u-Xiao Yu wayengenakukwazi ukuhamba. Emva kokuba kwafunyaniswa ukuba une-cerebral palsy kwisibhedlele sasekuhlaleni, abazali bakhe bamsa kwizibhedlele ezikhulu ezahlukahlukeneyo ukuze axilongwe, kodwa iziphumo zazifana. Ngethamsanqa, ubukrelekrele bukaXiao Yu abuzange buchaphazeleke. Ngoxa wayelungiswa, naye waqalisa ukuya esikolweni.

Kwabakho ilishwa emva kwenye. Ngenxa yokugula ngesiquphe, umama akazange akwazi ukuqhubeka enyamekela intsapho, eshiya yonke imithwalo emagxeni kayise yedwa. Akazange anele ukuba anyamekele umfazi wakhe olele ebhedini, kodwa nabantwana ababini. Noko ke, lo bawo akazange athethe nelimdaka.

Ngenxa ye-cerebral palsy, u-Xiaoyu ufumana ubunzima emilenzeni yakhe, ukungazinzi ekuhambeni, kunye nokwandiswa okulinganiselweyo kwamalungu aphezulu. Ukuma kwakhe okungaqhelekanga kokuhamba kudla ngokutsala ukugculelwa ngabo afunda nabo, yaye ude ajamelane nokuxhatshazwa. Ngokuthe ngcembe, uXiaoyu uzihlukanisa naye esikolweni, akasafuni ukunxibelelana nabantwana afunda nabo. Ngexesha lekhefu, uhlala yedwa ethule. Ngaxa lithile, wada waba mathidala ukufunda. Nangona kunjalo, u-Xiaoyu akazange acinge ngokunikezela; yonke imihla, wenza ngenkuthalo imithambo elula yokubuyisela kwisimo sangaphambili ekhaya.

Kulo nyaka, u-Xiaoyu uqhagamshelene noNjingalwazi u-Tian Zengmin ngokubonisana nonyango lwasimahla oluququzelelwe yi-Jining Disabled Persons' Federation. Ngoncedo lwabo, watyandwa ngempumelelo ngaphandle kweendleko. Ngethuba lexesha lokujonga emva kokusebenza, kukho ukwehla okubonakalayo kwintlupheko ye-muscle kumalungu akhe angaphantsi, ukunyuka kwamandla esinqeni sakhe, kwaye ukuhamba kwakhe kwakungasabonakalisi iphethini ye-tiptoe. UXiaoyu uvakalise imincili, esithi ngoku uziva ekhululekile kakhulu xa ehamba, kwaye umzimba wakhe wonke uziva ukhululekile. Wavakalisa umbulelo ongazenzisiyo ngolo tyando!

Njengoko u-Xiaoyu eshiya amasango eZiko lezoNyango laseNoulai, ebambe isandla somsebenzi, wachaza iphupha lakhe elikhulu: ukubuyela esikolweni emva kokuvuselelwa, ukwenza abahlobo, kunye nokufunda kunye nokudlala kunye. Ukubukela uXiaoyu ephuma ngokuzimisela, inyathelo ngenyathelo, bendifuna ukumxelela ukuba nangona kukho imingeni, likho ithemba lokujongana nemisinga yobomi. Nangona indlela inokuba yinde kwaye inzima, kholelwa ukuba ngothando kunye nokufudumala ecaleni kwakho, awuyi kuziva ulahlekile kwakhona. Umnqweno wam osuka entliziyweni kukuba uXiaoyu aphile kwakamsinya, abuyele esikolweni, kwaye akhule esempilweni kunye nabahlobo abalungileyo.