A person with no legs and just one arm says he refuses to let his incapacity maintain him again as he likes to ‘show individuals fallacious’.
Tim Mason, 25, says regardless of solely having one limb, he can nonetheless run, prepare dinner, dance, stroll his canine, and reside life independently.
He additionally ditched his prosthetics at a younger age and mentioned they held him again from being himself.
Tim Mason’s delivery mom was uncovered to excessive quantities of radiation following the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986, which means he was born with just one working limb.
He was then put into an orphanage the place it was thought that he would by no means be adopted.
Tim Mason, 25, who has no legs and one arm says he refuses to let his incapacity maintain him again as he likes to ‘show individuals fallacious’
He says regardless of solely having one limb, he can nonetheless run, prepare dinner, dance, and stroll his canine, and reside life independently
Tim Mason mentioned he ditched his prosthetics at a younger age and mentioned they held him again from being himself
Virginia Mason, 80, a retired charity CEO mentioned she examine Tim and travelled to Russia to fulfill him. The top of the orphanage informed her that Tim wouldn’t have a great high quality of life.
However Virginia Mason mentioned she needed to be a mom as quickly as she met Tim, and raised him as a single mom after dropping her companion when Tim was seven years outdated.
Now aged 25, Tim lives in Hartford, Connecticut, US, working on the Napa Valley Win Academy.
Tim says he needs to show individuals fallacious and present others that having no arms and just one leg does not maintain you again.
Tim mentioned: ‘Individuals assume that disabled individuals can’t train, however we are able to all do it. Train is for anybody.
‘Individuals do not realise that I am not simply sitting in my room as a triple amputee. I like train and it retains me wholesome each bodily and mentally
‘I get up day by day and battle on. My independence is the factor I am most grateful for.’
Tim says though Virginia was informed by the orphanage that he would not have a great high quality of life, she knew he can be nice.
‘She knew I’d be nice as I appeared over and made fish faces at her. She was very joyful to search out me.’
Tim Mason was adopted by Virginia Mason from a Moscow orphanage on the age of three
Virginia Mason (left) mentioned she needed to be a mom as quickly as she met Tim (pictured in a commencement robe), and raised him as a single mom after dropping her companion when Tim was seven years outdated
Virginia Mason adopted Tim and took him residence to Connnecticut, US
After Virginia adopted three-year-old Tim, he got here to America along with her and began talking English quickly after he arrived.
‘I went to elementary faculty and I simply skyrocketed,’ he mentioned. ‘I used to be actually lively and at all times performed on the playground.’
When he was youthful, Tim mentioned he used prosthetics, a walker and a crutch to assist him get round.
However this stopped him from being himself, he mentioned.
‘I actually did not like them, they weren’t me. I needed to be myself with out them.’
Virginia supported her son’s alternative he stopped utilizing prosthetics.
Tim mentioned rising up was ‘like a rollercoaster’.
He initially loved faculty and made pals, however struggled throughout his teenage years.
‘Center and highschool is once I began to note the impacts my disabilities have on making pals.
‘I’d get requested ‘who would even date you?”
Now, with a job and dwelling household and pals round him, Tim says he can ignore any destructive feedback.
‘There’s quite a lot of doubt in what I can do,’ he mentioned.
‘It may be discouraging. However I’m right here and making it by. I’ve seen so many constructive feedback and it means the world to me.
‘Individuals are scared to ask questions. I get requested questions like why I used to be born like this and normal questions on my situation.
‘I’m often requested how do I am going the toilet which I discover hilarious.’
Tim Mason is pictured together with his mom Virginia Mason
Virginia Mason adopted Tim (pictured) when he was three years outdated
When he was youthful, Tim mentioned he used prosthetics, a walker and a crutch to assist him get round. However this stopped him from being himself, he mentioned
Tim Mason mentioned he likes to stroll his canine, dance and train
Regardless of all the things, Tim continues to be satisfied that ‘life is as regular as he makes it’.
‘I actually try to show individuals fallacious so quite a lot of my hobbies have come from that,’ he mentioned.
He mentioned he likes to stroll his canine, dance and train.
‘Individuals thought I would not have the ability to deal with a canine however he’s my greatest buddy.
‘I absolutely deal with him and take him on three walks a day. The one factor I need assistance with is driving him to the vet.’
Tim was additionally proud to say that he enjoys train and even misplaced 40 kilos (18kg) in 2021.
‘I exploit the treadmill for about 10-Half-hour and I do my very own model of weight-lifting and crunches,’ he mentioned.
Regardless of refusing to let his incapacity maintain him again in life, Tim mentioned he has seen the way it has affected his courting life.
‘Relationship is difficult on this technology, individuals see disabilities in your on-line profiles and base you off that,’ he mentioned.
‘They do not see the highly effective particular person I see.’