Whizzing around the local shops in my wheelchair, I helped my parents gather ingredients for dinner.
‘Can we have kebabs tonight?’ I smiled at my mum, Safiye.
As people walked past, I could hear their curious whispers.
‘What happened to you?’ asked a stranger, their gaze burning into me.
Aged six, I was 172cm tall. Born with scoliosis, a condition that causes the spine to curve sideways, and Weaver syndrome – a very rare genetic condition that causes rapid bone overgrowth and advanced bone age – my childhood was
