My identify is Zhichen. I’m 17 years previous and a pupil on the Chung Shan Industrial and Industrial College within the metropolis of Kaohsiung and a Particular Olympics athlete from Chinese language Taipei. It’s a vocational faculty and I’m studying about automobiles and tips on how to hold them in nice situation.
I grew up within the mountains. I’m Bunun, which is the indigenous folks of my nation. For me and my household, life has been a bit laborious. My mother and father handed away on account of illness once I was three years previous, so my aunt and grandma introduced me up. I’ve labored with relations since I used to be a child and I additionally assist them hunt. I like being in nature and the mountains make me be happy.
I’ve at all times struggled at school. I’m not in common lessons and used to get offended once I had difficulties studying. I’d typically really feel alone. This modified once I was launched to Particular Olympics.
My faculty turned a Unified Champion College, and we shared a bodily schooling class with all the opposite college students. After I first tried to play sports activities with these different college students, I felt shy and didn’t know what to do.
By means of Particular Olympics, I slowly started to be extra snug and play sports activities with the opposite college students. My trainer invited me to hitch our Unified soccer crew, and it was such a fantastic expertise. We skilled thrice every week, and my Unified companions and I turned good pals. They didn’t deal with me unusually and I may categorical myself on the soccer discipline. We additionally chatted and performed video games collectively, similar to peculiar highschool college students.
Our Unified soccer crew skilled collectively for a yr and competed within the Particular Olympics World Video games Berlin 2023. It was probably the most honorable reminiscence to play in Berlin. I met folks from different nations and exchanged presents with them. I had my birthday in Berlin, and my crew deliberate a celebration for me. I used to be deeply moved and even wished to cry, as a result of it was the primary time that so many individuals celebrated my birthday, and so many individuals stated “Comfortable Birthday” to me.
I’d not have had all these experiences with out my Particular Olympics. Thanks for serving to me attempt bravely and try for victory. I need to introduce extra folks to Particular Olympics and I hope that I can share my tales with different folks to have extra folks take part in actions and have it assist them, similar to it helped me.
