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SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region - Cerebral palsy does not stop Andria Peshraw from writing a book about her life and how she made her dreams come true although they seemed impossible, despite a myriad of hardships and difficulties in the way of her life.
Peshraw, 32, says she used her smartphone to write a book titled “The Story Of Andria” which explores her life and the difficulties that those with cerebral palsy and others with special needs suffer.
"Since the very beginning, I have had a difficult life. But, with the support of my family, I have managed to live a normal life. The book that is now available for readers is the product of my nine months of tiredness," Andria told Rudaw on Monday.
A total of 500 copies of The Story of Andria have been published, according to her family.
The biggest support and strength behind Andria's successes have been her father.
"We must always be thankful for kids that God gives us," Peshraw Ali, Andria’s father said, adding everyone must support their children who have talents and have the potential to become successful characters in society, even if they live with special needs.
"When God takes away something from these children [those with special needs], he gives them other things in return. So we must not bury their ambitions. We must help them in every way possible," the father added.
Hiwa Qadir, a writer, and poet, supervised Andria's book for printing and then publication. He praises the book as being of good quality in terms of telling one's story, language, and wording.
"As soon as I got to know Andria and the way she had written the book, I felt I am in front of a writer who has just embarked on writing," Qadir told Rudaw’s Nzar Jaza on Monday.
The writer encourages everyone to read the book.
Peshraw has divided her book into three parts; her life from the age of three to eight, eight to 15, and 15 to 31.
"It [the book] places a question mark on the education system, the health system, and the Kurdish society as a whole which it tells the society does not want to see them, nor does it even try," the writer said.
Peshraw says she has not been accepted into any school because of her condition. So she took matters into her own hands to learn how to read and write, with the support of her family, and eventually at the age of 15, she went to school. She is now a fourth-year student at the Kurdish Language Department of Sulaimani University.
Peshraw, 32, says she used her smartphone to write a book titled “The Story Of Andria” which explores her life and the difficulties that those with cerebral palsy and others with special needs suffer.
"Since the very beginning, I have had a difficult life. But, with the support of my family, I have managed to live a normal life. The book that is now available for readers is the product of my nine months of tiredness," Andria told Rudaw on Monday.
A total of 500 copies of The Story of Andria have been published, according to her family.
The biggest support and strength behind Andria's successes have been her father.
"We must always be thankful for kids that God gives us," Peshraw Ali, Andria’s father said, adding everyone must support their children who have talents and have the potential to become successful characters in society, even if they live with special needs.
"When God takes away something from these children [those with special needs], he gives them other things in return. So we must not bury their ambitions. We must help them in every way possible," the father added.
Hiwa Qadir, a writer, and poet, supervised Andria's book for printing and then publication. He praises the book as being of good quality in terms of telling one's story, language, and wording.
"As soon as I got to know Andria and the way she had written the book, I felt I am in front of a writer who has just embarked on writing," Qadir told Rudaw’s Nzar Jaza on Monday.
The writer encourages everyone to read the book.
Peshraw has divided her book into three parts; her life from the age of three to eight, eight to 15, and 15 to 31.
"It [the book] places a question mark on the education system, the health system, and the Kurdish society as a whole which it tells the society does not want to see them, nor does it even try," the writer said.
Peshraw says she has not been accepted into any school because of her condition. So she took matters into her own hands to learn how to read and write, with the support of her family, and eventually at the age of 15, she went to school. She is now a fourth-year student at the Kurdish Language Department of Sulaimani University.
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