Disability

I was born without forearms and hands and with a short right thigh. The shock for my parents was really hard. There was no ultrasonic scan which could have prepared them for this situation. Fortunately for me abortion was no option for them. At the beginning they were embarrassed but they got used to it rather quickly. So life became normal.

The cause of my disabilities was unclear for a long time. Today the Doctors say it is the Femur-fibula-ulna syndrome: „failure in development of the proximal femur and acetabulum of varying degrees; growth retardation of the tibia and fibula; ulna hypoplasia“.