ʻO ke kumu hoʻohālike ʻokiʻoki ʻo Shaholly Ayers ke uhaʻi nei i nā pale ma ke ʻano

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Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Shaholly Ayers me ka ʻole o kona lima lima ʻākau, akā ʻaʻole kēia i kāohi iā ia mai kāna mau moemoeā o ke ʻano hoʻohālike. I kēia lā ua lawe ʻo ia i ke ao mānoanoa e ka ʻino, ke ʻimi nei i nā makasina lehulehu a me nā papa inoa, ʻo ia ka ʻelele ʻelele no Global Disability Incusion, a ua lilo i ʻoki nui mua e hele wāwae ma New York Fashion Week me ka ʻole o ka prosthetic. (Pili: Ua lilo ʻo NYFW i home no ka waiho ʻana o ke kino a me ka hoʻopili ʻana, a ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke lilo i prouder)

"I koʻu wā kamaliʻi, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike he ʻokoʻa wau," haʻi ʻo Ayers iā mākou. "ʻO 3 wau i ka manawa mua aʻu i lohe ai i ka huaʻōlelo 'kīnā ʻole.'"

ʻOiai ʻo ia, ʻaʻole maopopo iā ia ke ʻano o ka manaʻo o ka huaʻōlelo a hiki i kona wā i ka papa ʻekolu. "ʻO ia ka manawa i hoʻomaka wau e hoʻomāinoino a koho ʻia no ka mea ʻokoʻa wau," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "A hiki i ke kula kiʻekiʻe a hiki i ke kula kiʻekiʻe."

No nā makahiki, ua hakakā ʻo Ayers e kū me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hana maikaʻi ʻole ʻana o nā poʻe iā ia no kona kīnā ʻole. I kēlā manawa, ʻaʻohe mea āna i makemake ai e hāʻawi e hoʻololi i ko lākou ʻike. "Hoʻomanaʻo wau e noho ana i ka papa ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe i kēia manawa hoʻokahi a noʻonoʻo maoli i ka ʻokoʻa ma muli o ka wā i ʻaʻohe ʻo Amy Purdys i ka honua-a i ʻole ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole lākou i hōʻike ʻia, i mea iaʻu e like me ka waho waho, "Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Ayers. "Ke ʻimi nei nā kānaka a pau iaʻu, mai koʻu mau hoa papa a hiki i kaʻu mau kumu, a ua lilo ia i mea weliweli iaʻu ʻoiai ʻike wau ʻaʻole wau. e pili ana iaʻu a pehea lākou e nānā ai i ke kīnā ʻole? ' a ua ʻike wau he mea ʻike ʻia ia. "

ʻO ia ka manawa mua i komo ai ka manaʻo hoʻohālike i kona noʻonoʻo, akā ʻaʻole i lōʻihi ka manawa e hana maoli ai ʻo ia.

"He 19 wau i ka wā i loaʻa iaʻu ka wiwo ʻole e hele i kahi ʻoihana hoʻohālike," wahi āna. "Akā, mai ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa, ua haʻi ʻia iaʻu ʻaʻole au e hana i ka ʻoihana no ka mea hoʻokahi wale nō koʻu lima."

Ua ʻeha kēlā hōʻole mua, akā hāʻawi wale iā Ayers i ka ikaika e hoʻomau i ka neʻe ʻana i mua. "ʻO ia ka manawa nui loa iaʻu no ka mea ʻo ia kaʻu i ʻike ai he pono iaʻu e hana, e hōʻoia i ka hewa a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i kānalua iaʻu he hewa," wahi āna. A ʻo ia nō kāna hana.

Ma hope o ka pili ʻana i kāna ʻoihana no nā makahiki, ua loaʻa iā ia kāna manawa kūpono mua loa ma 2014 i ka manawa i hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma ka papa inoa ʻo Annstr Ann sale. "Mahalo nui wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi manawa kupaianaha e hana pū me Nordstrom," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Ua noi lākou iaʻu i nā manawa he nui i loko o nā makahiki a hōʻike wale ia iaʻu pehea lākou e hoʻolaʻa ai i kahi loli a hōʻoia i kā lākou hoʻokomo kālā i nā ʻano like ʻole." (Pili: He Amputee wau a he mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa-akā ʻaʻole au i hehi wāwae i ka hale haʻuki a 36 mau makahiki)

Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Ayers ma kāna papa inoa ʻekolu o Nordstrom, kahi i ʻike ʻia ai ʻo ia e hoʻohana ana i kāna prosthesis no ka manawa mua.

ʻOiai he mea kupanaha ka ʻike ʻana i kahi hōʻailona nui e like me Nordstrom e hōʻike ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona kīnā, ʻike ʻo Ayers ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea liʻiliʻi e hoʻoikaika ikaika. "He trailblazer ʻo Nordstrom akā ʻo ka pahuhopu ka mea e ukali i nā ʻoihana nui ʻē aʻe," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Hoʻokahi mea e hoʻopili ai i nā hiʻohiʻona kīnā mai ka hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona, akā mai kahi ʻoihana a me ke ʻano kālā, ʻo ka poʻe kīnā kekahi o nā hui liʻiliʻi nui loa o ka honua. Hoʻokahi o ka ʻelima mau kānaka i ke kino kīnā a kūʻai mākou i nā huahana, no laila i kēlā ʻano. He lanakila lanakila ia no nā mana nui ʻē aʻe i nele i ka ʻokoʻa i kā lākou huakaʻi kaiāulu. "

Lana ka manaʻo ʻo Ayers i ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka ʻokoʻa a me ke ʻano o ke ʻano o ka nohona, e ʻae aku ka poʻe kīnā a me ka ʻole ʻole i kā lākou mau kīnā a me nā ʻokoʻa. "Makemake mākou āpau e like me ka oddball i kekahi manawa i ko mākou ola," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Akā no ka paʻakikī o ka noho ʻana me kā mākou mau ʻano ʻē, ua aʻo au he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻapo wale ʻana iā lākou a hilahila ʻole."

"He huakaʻi kēia e hōʻea ana i kahi e ʻoluʻolu ai i kou ʻili," i haʻi aku ai ʻo ia, "akā e hoʻomau i ka hana ma ia mea a hiki ʻoe ma laila."

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