Former Member of Parliament and Disability Rights Activist, Thandiwe Mfulo was diagnosed with polio as a baby. As a result, she can’t walk.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Poliomyelitis, often known as polio, is a highly infectious viral disease that mainly affects children under the age of five.
The virus spreads mostly by the faecal-oral route or, less frequently, through a common carrier, such as contaminated water or food, and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can infiltrate the nervous system and cause paralysis.
Mfulo shares her journey of disability, personal achievements, aspirations and challenges with SABC Digital News Producer Lebo Tshangela in this bi-weekly feature, Thrive.
She says, “Being disabled in a society can be a curse and it can be something good. It depends how you take it.”
Below is the full podcast:
Related: PODCAST: THRIVE Part 1: Former Western Cape councillor with paraplegia shares his story
Related: PODCAST: THRIVE Part 3: Former JSE employee with paraplegia shares her story
Related: PODCAST: THRIVE Part 4: Single amputee Randi Ndele shares his story
Related: PODCAST: THRIVE Part 7: Journalist and para-athlete star Palesa Manaleng shares her story
Related: THRIVE Part 8: Mosala Makhetha shares his experience of being a Deaf person in SA
Related: PODCAST: THRIVE Part 9: Northern Cape woman with Erb-Duchenne Palsy shares her story
Related: PODCAST: THRIVE Part 10: Single amputee, Robert Masambo shares his story
Related: PODCAST: THRIVE Part 11: A bank employee with visual impairment shares his story
Related: PODCAST: THRIVE Part 12: Politician Poppy Mocumi shares her story about disability
Related: PODCAST: THRIVE Part 13: A businessman who is partially sighted shares his story
Related: PODCAST: THRIVE Part 15: Former MP, Andrew Madella shares his story about disability
Related: PODCAST: THRIVE Part 17: A Gauteng woman with epilepsy shares her story
