Lazarus Maako, 32, said he had spent 26 years of his life indoors, passing time by watching television or crawling around the yard to get some air.
Having lived most of his life indoors or dragging his body around his mother’s yard, a Hammanskraal man finally received his own wheelchair.
Up until 2013, he said he had spent 26 years of his life indoors, passing time by watching television or crawling around the yard to get some air, leaving calluses and scars on his knees. “I was born like this and I don’t know why. I was never told and I have never been to the doctor. I lived with my mother who was the only one who took care of me. I never went anywhere from birth because I did not have a wheelchair.”
“My sister took it and gave it to me, but it is slightly faulty and the seat is broken. We had to find a cushion and try to repair the seat.”
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