As a result of the accident, he has become a blind person.
He sees absolutely nothing, not even black, he understands light as heat, talking about colours is pure abstraction for him. The accident deprived him of his sight, but he still has some left...
Paweł Król experienced a moment of horror at the age of 2,5 years. The broken glass in the door of his room became the cause of an involuntary change. Fate would have it that the little boy, sitting on his bed, was injured by the glass, which pierced one of his eyes. At first, the wound did not seem serious; according to the doctors, it should have healed within a few weeks. This opinion was like a fortune's worth of promises that fate would keep. Unfortunately, it turned out that the worst was yet to come.
An infection had set in, passing through the optic nerve to the other eye, a phenomenon known in medicine as sympathetic inflammation.
Paweł gradually lost his sight, seeing less and less with each passing day, unable to do anything. However, total loss occurred at the age of four. Children are quick to accept change and are able to adapt to new conditions without regret or complaint to anyone. He was a child like any other, he too wanted to explore the world, to learn new things, to play with his peers. Yet something was wrong, something set him apart. He couldn't see. As the years went by, he began to feel this difference more and more.
The biggest crisis occurred when Paweł was a teenager.
It quickly became apparent that he could not perform many activities on his own. He had to ask others for help, but help did not always come, and he was so often met with a lack of empathy and understanding. He grasped the sad truth about his peers: they don't accept otherness, they don't like it when someone stands out, and as a result they can be really cruel. Their insensitivity also affected Paweł. Throwing chalk at him, putting his foot down and running away to watch him fall over became the norm. These unpleasant experiences left such a mark on him that, against all odds, he slowly began to become immune to the harassment.
The adolescent crisis was one of the most difficult of his life.
He could not drive a car, he could not go on a trip to the mountains on his own, he moved around with the help of a white cane, he was completely dependent on others. And he was bursting with energy. He wanted to travel, discover the world, throw away his white cane and move around without it. Why did this happen to him? What did he do to deserve such a painful punishment? People around him are enjoying life, while he cries in hiding out of helplessness, knowing that his life will never change. He will never see what his peers do, any of the colours of the rainbow, the sunshine outside the window, the snow in winter.
However, an idea was born in Paweł's head –
he would no longer reproduce stereotypes, he would show the world that it is possible to pursue passions and fulfil dreams, even if you are blind. He turned his frustrations and negative emotions into motivation to train, which made him love sport. He regularly trains karate, ju-jitsu, cycles and runs. He graduated with a degree in two philologies and is now fluent in English, French and Spanish. He has visited more than 20 countries, including a trip through the Andes... by tandem.
He has also gone skydiving.
Autor – Małgorzata Lebica | Fotograf – Jakub Przewoźnik
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