Claudio Vieira de Oliveira born with
serious physical disabilities never allowed his
condition to prevail over the strength of
spirit.
Claudio Vieira de Oliveira
The 37-year-old man has his neck folded
back on itself, his legs are badly deformed
and he can hardly use his hands. As the baby
came to this world, it was not warmly
welcomed by the medics, who advised his
mother to stop feeding him because he
would not survive. Maria Jose narrated to
The Mirror:
“People started saying ‘the baby is going to die’
because he could barely breathe when he was
born. Some people would say: ‘Don’t feed him,
he is already dying’. But there’s only happiness
now. Claudio is just like any other person –
that’s how he was raised in this house. We
never tried to fix him and always wanted him to
do the normal things everyone else does. That’s
why he is so confident. He is not ashamed of
walking around in the street – he sings and he
dances.”
Claudio Vieira de Oliveira
However the Brazilian not only survived but
having overcome the disadvantages
associated with his state, graduated as an
accountant and became an inspirational
public speaker.
Speaking about his life, Claudio does not
seem to be the one who complains about the
hardships:
“Since I was a child I’ve always liked to keep
myself busy and work – I don’t like to depend
totally on other people. I do a bit of accounting,
research for clients and consulting. “I have
learned to turn on the TV, pick up my cell
phone, turn on the radio, use the internet, my
computer – I do it all by myself.”
Claudio’s determined independence brought
its fruits: he successfully finished school and
graduated from the State University of Feira
de Santana.
At the age of eight Claudio made his first
steps, and not metaphorically: before that he
had been carried everywhere, and at 8 he
stated walking on his knees. So his parents
adjusted the house for the boy to be able to
move around independently. They changed
the floors, positioned his bed, plugs and
lights lower, thus he could move by himself,
without asking for help.
Claudio, who cannot use a
wheelchair because of the unusual shape,
told the journalists:
“Throughout my life I was able to adapt my body
to the world. Right now, I don’t see myself as
being different. I am a normal person. I don’t
see things upside-down. This is one of the
things I always talk about in my interventions as
a public speaker. Nowadays it’s much easier to
deal with the public, I’m not afraid of it anymore
and I can say that I am a professional,
international public speaker and that I receive
invitations from all over the world.”
Claudio proved with his attitude towards life
that a Great Man could achieve great results
and might inspire with his example the
younger people suffering from rare
disadvantages.
serious physical disabilities never allowed his
condition to prevail over the strength of
spirit.
Claudio Vieira de Oliveira
The 37-year-old man has his neck folded
back on itself, his legs are badly deformed
and he can hardly use his hands. As the baby
came to this world, it was not warmly
welcomed by the medics, who advised his
mother to stop feeding him because he
would not survive. Maria Jose narrated to
The Mirror:
“People started saying ‘the baby is going to die’
because he could barely breathe when he was
born. Some people would say: ‘Don’t feed him,
he is already dying’. But there’s only happiness
now. Claudio is just like any other person –
that’s how he was raised in this house. We
never tried to fix him and always wanted him to
do the normal things everyone else does. That’s
why he is so confident. He is not ashamed of
walking around in the street – he sings and he
dances.”
Claudio Vieira de Oliveira
However the Brazilian not only survived but
having overcome the disadvantages
associated with his state, graduated as an
accountant and became an inspirational
public speaker.
Speaking about his life, Claudio does not
seem to be the one who complains about the
hardships:
“Since I was a child I’ve always liked to keep
myself busy and work – I don’t like to depend
totally on other people. I do a bit of accounting,
research for clients and consulting. “I have
learned to turn on the TV, pick up my cell
phone, turn on the radio, use the internet, my
computer – I do it all by myself.”
Claudio’s determined independence brought
its fruits: he successfully finished school and
graduated from the State University of Feira
de Santana.
At the age of eight Claudio made his first
steps, and not metaphorically: before that he
had been carried everywhere, and at 8 he
stated walking on his knees. So his parents
adjusted the house for the boy to be able to
move around independently. They changed
the floors, positioned his bed, plugs and
lights lower, thus he could move by himself,
without asking for help.
Claudio, who cannot use a
wheelchair because of the unusual shape,
told the journalists:
“Throughout my life I was able to adapt my body
to the world. Right now, I don’t see myself as
being different. I am a normal person. I don’t
see things upside-down. This is one of the
things I always talk about in my interventions as
a public speaker. Nowadays it’s much easier to
deal with the public, I’m not afraid of it anymore
and I can say that I am a professional,
international public speaker and that I receive
invitations from all over the world.”
Claudio proved with his attitude towards life
that a Great Man could achieve great results
and might inspire with his example the
younger people suffering from rare
disadvantages.
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