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11-year-old girl with cerebral palsy climbs Great Wall of China
An 11-year-old Australian girl diagnosed with cerebral palsy climbed the Great Wall of China, accompanied by family members and volunteers. After scaling Australia’s highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko, in 2015, Taylor Walker-Lear’s next challenge was to visit the Great Wall.
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Inspired by her willpower, a Chinese entrepreneur sponsored the family’s trip to Beijing, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. Walker-Lear was born with cerebral palsy spastic diplegia, although the condition was not diagnosed until she had trouble standing and walking by herself when she was two. Last September, she underwent a multi-level surgery involving four separate procedures, followed by months of physiotherapy.
On Tuesday morning, she arrived at the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall just outside Beijing. Using a walker and with help from her parents, Walker-Lear first walked on a flat section of the wall, then went up and down some steps and through watch towers. The Great Wall administration presented her a certificate saying, “One who fails to reach the Great Wall is not a hero”.
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