Abaalmarinta La Sharafay

Tonya Andruskiewicz '92

Tonya Andruskiewicz waxay nolosheeda u hurtay inay siiso fursado isboorti oo la qabsan kara carruurta qabta autism-ka iyo baahiyaha kale ee gaarka ah. Waa aasaasaha iyo milkiilaha ganacsigeeda, oo lagu magacaabo FlexAbility Fitness, iyo sidoo kale madaxweynaha laba hay'adood oo aan faa'iido doon ahayn, West Metro Miracle Athletics iyo iCANhoop. Haddana markii Tonya ay ka qalin jabisay Minnetonka sanadkii 1992, ma aysan haysan fikrad ah halka ay nolosheedu ku geyn doonto.

Wax walba waxay bilaabeen markii Tonya ay u shaqaynaysay sidii qof kubadda cagta u ciyaara oo u shaqeeya Minnesota Twins. Ku dhawaad ​​17 sano waxay gacan ka geysatay kormeerka cidda loo ogolaaday garoonka iyo nadiifinta. Shaqadan ayay ku baratay halyeeyga kubadda kolayga Harmon Killebrew, kaasoo aad u jeclaa inuu la shaqeeyo carruurta naafada ah. Wuxuu si weyn ugu lug lahaa Miracle League, oo ah urur bixiya baseball-ka la qabsiga carruurta. Ka dib markii uu kala hadlay shaqadiisa Tonya, Harmon waxay ku dhiirrigelisay inay iyadu ku lug yeelato. Dhowr maalmood ka dib, waxay la xiriirtay laanta Twin Cities ee Miracle League, West Metro Miracle Athletics, waxaana laga codsaday inay ka caawiso xarun caafimaad oo ku taal garoonka Bennett Park.

"Taasi waxay ahayd waayo-aragnimadeyda ugu horreysay ee [ciyaaraha fudud ee la qabsan kara] isla markiiba waan ku dhacay. Waxay ahayd wax aad u fiican in lagu lug yeesho," ayay tiri Tonya. Isla sannadkaas, waxay noqotay tababare koox ka tirsan West Metro Miracle Athletics iyo xubin ka tirsan guddiga ururka. Sannado yar ka dib, waxaa la weydiistay inay la wareegto ururka.

Sannadkii 2010, Tonya waxay aasaastay ururkeeda aan faa'iido doonka ahayn, iCANhoop, iyada oo ay weheliso Julie Hagen, oo ah hooyo u dhalatay arday ka qalin jabisay Minnetonka oo qabta Down Syndrome. iCANhoop waa ikhtiyaar aan tartan ahayn oo loogu talagalay carruurta iyo dhallinyarada da'da yar ee baahiyaha gaarka ah qaba si ay u tababaraan layliyada iyo ciyaaraha kubbadda kolayga. Barnaamijku wuxuu bixiyaa laba kalfadhi sannadkii, wuxuuna horey u leeyahay in ka badan 60 xubnood.

Tonya oo ay ugu jeceshahay iCANhoop waa xiriirka ay aragto ee ka dhexeeya ciyaartoydeeda baahiyaha gaarka ah qaba iyo ardayda kubbadda kolayga ee dugsiga sare kuwaas oo inta badan u yimaada si mutadawacnimo ah. "Xiriirka ay labaduba ka helaan sameynta wax ay labaduba jecel yihiin waa mid cajiib ah," ayay tiri. "Ka mid noqoshada waa xiisaha aan qabo, marka aad iskaa wax u qabso la sameyso urur sidan oo kale ah waxaad gacan ka geysan kartaa dhisidda bulshooyin."

Dhowr sano ka hor, Tonya waxay sidoo kale bilowday ganacsigeeda jimicsiga ee la qabsiga leh, oo lagu magacaabo FlexAbility Fitness. Waxay u shaqeysaa tababare ahaan dhallinyarada iyo dadka waaweyn ee aan ka qayb geli karin ama aan ka qayb geli karin jimicsiyada caadiga ah, laakiin weli xiisaynaya inay sameeyaan jimicsi jireed.

Tonya waxay uga mahadcelineysaa bulshada cajiibka ah ee dadka ay ka heshay Minnetonka intii ay dugsiga sare ku jirtay, iyo taageerada ay ka heshay macallimiinta iyo tababarayaasha. Waayo-aragnimadeedu waxay ku dhiirrigelisay inay ku laabato MHS si ay uga caawiso tababarka orodka guga.

Tonya waxay kula talisay ardayda qalin jabisay inay wax u qabtaan bulshada. "Ku soo koridda Minnetonka waa mudnaan aad u weyn, markaa hubi inaad soo noqoto oo aad wax u qabato bulshada ku siisay wax badan," ayay tiri. Waxay sidoo kale ku nuuxnuuxsatay muhiimadda ay leedahay inaad diiradda saarto waxaad runtii xiisaynayso. "Waligeed ma daahdo inaad raacdo xiisahaaga. Soo ogow waxaad jeceshahay inaad sameyso oo aad ogaato sida loo sameeyo taas shaqada."

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