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Tonya Andruskiewicz '92

Tonya Andruskiewicz waxay nolosheeda u huraysaa inay siiso fursado isboorti oo la qabsan kara carruurta qaba autism-ka iyo baahiyaha kale ee gaarka ah. Iyadu waa aasaasaha iyo milkiilaha ganacsigeeda, oo loo yaqaan FlexAbility Fitness, iyo sidoo kale madaxweynaha laba aan faa'iido doon ahayn, West Metro Miracle Athletics iyo iCANhoop. Hase yeeshee markii Tonya ay ka qalinjabisay Minnetonka 1992, ma aysan ogeyn halka ay nolosheeda geyn doonto.

Waxay dhammaan bilaabmeen markii Tonya ay u shaqeysay sidii beer-bouncer ee mataanaha Minnesota. Ku dhawaad 17 sano waxay gacan ka geysatey kormeerka cidda loo oggolaaday garoonka oo ay nadiifisay. Waxay ahayd shaqadan in ay la kulantay halyeeyga baseball Harmon Killebrew, kaas oo lahaa dareen la shaqaynta carruurta naafada ah. Waxa uu si weyn ugu lug lahaa Miracle League, oo ah hay'ad bixisa kubbadda koleyga ee carruurta. Ka dib markii uu kala hadlay shaqadiisa Tonya, Harmon wuxuu ku dhiirigeliyay inay nafteeda ku lug yeelato. Dhowr maalmood ka dib, waxay la xiriirtay laanta Magaalooyinka mataanaha ah ee Miracle League, West Metro Miracle Athletics, waxaana la waydiistay inay ku caawiso rug caafimaad oo ku taal garoonka Bennett Park.

"Taasi waxay ahayd waayo-aragnimadaydii ugu horreysay ee [ciyaaraha la qabsiga], isla markiiba waa la i qabsaday. Waxay ahayd wax aad u wanaagsan in aan ka qayb-qaato," ayay tiri Tonya. Isla sanadkaas, waxay noqotay tababaraha kooxda West Metro Miracle Athletics iyo xubin guddiga ururka. Dhowr sano ka dib, waxaa la weydiistay inay la wareegto ururka.

Sannadkii 2010, Tonya waxay aasaastay urur aan faa'iido doon ahayn, iCANhoop, oo ay weheliso Julie Hagen, oo ah hooyo ka qalin jabisay Minnetonka ee qaba Down Syndrome. iCANhoop waa doorasho aan tartan lahayn oo loogu talagalay carruurta iyo da'yarta leh baahiyaha gaarka ah si ay ugu tababaraan laylinta kubbadda kolayga iyo ciyaaraha. Barnaamijku waxa uu bixiyaa laba kalfadhi sannadkii, waxana uu hore u lahaa in ka badan 60 xubnood.

Tonya sida ay ugu jeceshahay iCANhoop waa isku xidhka ay u aragto qaabka ka dhexeeya ciyaartoydeeda baahiyaha gaarka ah qaba iyo ardayda kubbadda kolayga ee dugsiga sare ee inta badan ku yimaada tabarucayaal. "Xiriirka ay labadooduba ka helaan samaynta wax ay labadooduba jecel yihiin [waa wax cajiib ah]," ayay tidhi. "Isku darisku waa dareenkeyga, iyo adigoo si tabaruc ah ula shaqeeya urur kan oo kale ah waxaad ka caawin kartaa dhisidda bulshooyinka."

Dhawr sano ka hor, Tonya sidoo kale waxay bilawday ganacsigeeda la qabsiga jimicsiga, oo loo yaqaan FlexAbility Fitness. Waxay la shaqeysaa tababare ahaan dhalinyarada iyo dhalinyarada aan awoodin ama aan tagi karin jimicsiga caadiga ah, laakiin wali xiiseynaya inay helaan jimicsi jireed.

Tonya waxay uga mahadcelinaysaa bulshada yaabka leh ee ay ka heshay Minnetonka intii ay ku jirtay dugsiga sare, iyo taageerada ay ka heshay macalimiinta iyo tababarayaasha. Khibraddeeda ayaa ku dhiirigelisay inay ku soo laabato MHS si ay uga caawiso tabobarka orodka iyo garoonada guga.

Tonya waxay kula talisaa ardayda ka qalinjabisay inay wax u soo celiyaan bulshada. "Ku soo koray Minnetonka waa mudnaan aad u weyn, markaa iska hubi inaad soo noqoto oo aad wax siiso bulshadii wax badan ku siisay," ayay tiri. Waxay kaloo xoogga saartaa muhiimadda ay leedahay in diiradda la saaro waxa aad dhab ahaan u jeceshahay. "Weligay aad daah uma aha inaad raacdo xamaasaddaada. Soo ogow waxa aad jeceshahay inaad qabato oo qiyaas sida loo sameeyo shaqada."

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