summerOTime

            I watched a Netflix series called Queer Eye . The episode is called Disabled but Not Really (season 4, episode 2). Queer Eye is a show about 5 men giving a deserving person a makeover. This episode featured a man named Wesley Hamilton who suffered from a gunshot wound and acquired a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down. He was bedridden for 2 years and was also overweight. His injury took a toll on him not only physically but mentally and he became depressed. His injury also affected his mother who gave up her life to take care of him. After years of having his disability and being in a wheelchair, Wesley became more physically active and lost over 100 lbs. He started a foundation called "Disabled but Not Really". His foundation is to provide awareness and programs to people who have disabilities and to encourage them to be healthy and physically fit. He shared how he felt that his accident helped him in a positive way and t