The journey from a person with cerebral palsy to a university student

These days, 12th grade students across the country are entering the last month of studying and preparing to enter the high school exam. Graduating from high school, reaching the university gate is the dream of many people, including students with disabilities. With energy and desire to rise up, there are students with cerebral palsy who have overcome their fate, become university students and prove that: The gate of knowledge, the gate of university will open to everyone. people, whoever they are.

Ms. Dinh Thi Thu Hao (from Phu Tho, mother of Nguyen Mai Anh) said that when Mai Anh was born, the doctor did not diagnose her illness. After 13 months, the family learned that Mai Anh had spastic cerebral palsy.

The body is stiff, unable to move normally. Her feet just wanted to stop, but her dream and desire to move forward did not allow Mai Anh to stop. In 2016, Mai Anh passed to Hung Vuong School for the Gifted, Phu Tho with high scores.

“Did Mai Anh also go to a specialized school? That sentence is very damaging, I think I can’t let that sentence affect my fate. I took the university entrance exam in 2009 and my total score. achieved 26.5 points in 3 subjects”Nguyen Mai Anh, a student at Hanoi Law University said.

With her extraordinary energy, the university gate opened proudly to the girl who was once diagnosed with cerebral palsy. At Hanoi Law University, Mai Anh is still pursuing her journey to become a female lawyer with the dream of bringing justice to the disadvantaged.

“I want to become a versatile lawyer with rich knowledge in many different fields and especially in the field of law related to people with disabilities to protect myself and protect others”Mai Anh shared.

Also a person with cerebral palsy, after graduating from university, Phan Thanh Tung excellently became one of the students of the talented class of Faculty of Information Technology, Academy of Posts and Telecommunications.

According to Dr. Nguyen Duy Phuong. Dean of Faculty of Information Technology, Academy of Posts and Telecommunications: “For ordinary people, it’s difficult to get into the talent class, it’s even harder for students with disabilities. It’s even harder for students with disabilities. Walking is difficult, in class it is also difficult to be able to write like normal people. If a normal person is 1, the person with a disability has to be many times more than that.

After 4 years of hard work at university, Phan Thanh Tung is now a programmer. Tung shared: “Many people think that people with cerebral palsy just need to eat, sleep and rest without having to depend on others. But I think that people with cerebral palsy can do much greater things than that.”

Stepping through the university gate is the open door to the future. Happiness will smile to those who have enough faith, perseverance and constant hope.