Ukusuka kwiNgxelo yeTV ukuya ekuPhileni neAphasia
Emva kokuhlaselwa yi-brain aneurysm kunye ne-stroke, intatheli ekhethwe yi-Emmy yakha ubomi bayo ngokutsha.
Ibali likaMichelle Clemens
UMichelle Clemens wayengumntu osempilweni oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala kwaye eyintatheli yeendaba zeTV ekhethwe yi-Emmy owayethanda ukubaleka, ukuhambahamba, kunye nokubhaka iikhekhe. Ngexesha lakhe eGreen Bay, eWisconsin, e-United States, ihlabathi lakhe laguquka ngoMeyi ka-2017 xa waphulukana ne-brain aneurysm eyabangela istroke, yatshintsha yonke into ngephanyazo.
Emva kotyando lwengqondo oluthathu nokuchitha iiveki kwigumbi labagula kakhulu, uMichelle wavuka ene-aphasia, i-apraxia yokuthetha, kunye nokukhubazeka kwicala lasekunene. Njengontatheli owayegxile kunxibelelwano, ukulahlekelwa yikhono lokuthetha ngokulula yayiyenye yezona zinto zinzima ekuchacheni kwakhe. Incoko zemihla ngemihla zaba nzima, kwaye kwafuneka afunde kwakhona izakhono awayekade ezithatha lula.
Ukuchacha kukaMichelle ibiluhambo lokunyamezela, ukholo, kunye nokuzimisela. Kwiminyaka emininzi yonyango lokuthetha, ukuvuselelwa, umthambo, kunye neeyure ezininzi zokuziqhelanisa, uyaqhubeka nokwenza inkqubela phambili. Nangona i-aphasia iseyinxalenye yobomi bakhe, akavumi ukuyivumela ukuba ichaze ukuba ungubani. Endaweni yoko, ubhiyozela yonke inyathelo elibalulekileyo kwaye uyaqhubeka ehamba phambili inyathelo elinye ngexesha.
Isahluko esitsha njengoMbhali
Namhlanje, uMichelle ungumntu okhuthazayo, ungumbhali “UQINISEKILE”", umqeqeshi womntu kunye nomqeqeshi womthambo, umvelisi weencwadi ezibonisa amaxwebhu, kunye nosindileyo kwisifo sohlangothi. Ukwabelana ngebali lakhe ukukhuthaza abasindileyo kwisifo sohlangothi, abantu abaphila ne-aphasia, iintsapho zabo, kunye nabanakekeli. Injongo yakhe kukuphakamisa ulwazi malunga ne-aphasia nokukhumbuza abanye ukuba ukuchacha kunokwenzeka, nokuba kubonakala ngathi kucotha.
UMichelle ufuna abantu baqonde ukuba i-aphasia ichaphazela ubuchule bomntu bokunxibelelana—ayichaphazeli ingqondo. Ukhuthaza abanye ukuba babe nomonde, bamamele ngaphandle kokungxama, kwaye banike abantu abane-aphasia ixesha abalidingayo lokuziveza.
Umyalezo wakhe kwabanye abaphila ne-aphasia ulula:
“"Musa ukuyeka kwaye ungayeki. Ukubuyela esiqhelweni luhambo olunzima, kodwa ingqondo yakho isaphila. Qhubeka usebenza, qhubeka ukholelwa, kwaye ubhiyozele yonke impumelelo encinci."”
UMichelle ukholelwa ukuba lonke uhambo lokuchacha luhlukile. Unethemba lokuba ibali lakhe likhuthaza abanye ukuba bafumane amandla ngamaxesha anzima, bamkele ithemba, baze bakhumbule ukuba ubomi emva kwestroke busenokuba nentsingiselo, bube nenjongo, kwaye buzaliswe ngamathuba.
