Umbhukudi WamaParalympic U-Becca Meyers Uhoxile Emidlalweni YaseTokyo Ngemuva Kokuncishwa Umsebenzi Wokunakekelwa Okufanelekile Nokubalulekile

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Ngaphambi kwemidlalo yeParalympic Games ezoba seTokyo, umbhukudi waseMelika uBecca Meyers umemezele ngoLwesibili ukuthi usehoxile kulo mncintiswano, ehlanganyela nokuthi iKomidi lase-United States i-Olympic & Paralympic "lisiphikile kaningi" isicelo sakhe sokuthi "kube nendawo yokuhlala efanelekile nebalulekile" yokuba nomsizi ozomnakekela. ngokukhetha kwakhe, kungamniki "akukho nketho" kepha ukuhoxa.

Esitatimendeni esithunyelwe ekhasini lakhe le-Twitter naku-Instagram, uMeyers - obeyisithulu selokhu azalwa futhi ophinde abe yimpumputhe - uthe kudingeke ukuthi enze "isinqumo esibuhlungu" sokuhoxa kule Midlalo ngemuva kokuthi kubikwa ukuthi wenqatshelwe ukuletha. Umsizi wakhe Wokunakekela Umuntu, umama uMaria, waya eJapan.

"Ngithukuthele, ngiphoxekile, kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngidabukile ngokungamele izwe lami," uMeyers wabhala esitatimendeni sakhe se-Instagram, wengeza ngokuthi esikhundleni sokuvumela umsubathi ngamunye i-PCA yakhe eTokyo, bonke abangu-34. Ababhukudi bamaParalympic - abayisishiyagalolunye babo abangaboni kahle - bazokwabelana nge-PCA efanayo ngenxa yezinkinga zokuphepha ze-COVID-19. "NgeCovid, kunezindlela ezintsha zokuphepha kanye nemikhawulo kubasebenzi abangabalulekile," ubhale wengeza, "kunjalo, kodwa iPCA ethembekile ibalulekile kimina ukuba ngincintisane."

UMeyers, owathola izindondo amaParalympic amahlandla ayisithupha, wazalwa enesifo i-Usher syndrome, okuyisimo esinomthelela kokubona nokuzwa. Ku-op-ed eshicilelwe ngoLwesibili ngu USA Namuhla, lo msubathi oneminyaka engu-26 ubudala uthe "ujwayele ukuphoqwa ukuba akhululeke endaweni engakhululekile" - okuhlanganisa ukugqokwa imaski kanye nokuqhelelana nabantu ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, oluthiya ikhono lakhe lokufunda izindebe - kodwa lokho Imidlalo yama-Paralympic "kufanele ibe isizinda sabasubathi abakhubazekile, indawo eyodwa lapho esikwazi khona ukuncintisana endaweni yokudlala, enazo zonke izinsiza, ukuvikela, nezinhlelo zosekelo ezikhona." (Okuhlobene: Abantu Baklama Amaski Obuso Ocacile be-DIY Wezithulu Nobunzima bokuzwa)

I-USOPC igunyaze ukusetshenziswa kwe-PCA kaMeyers kusukela ngonyaka wezi-2017. Uthe i-USOPC yasiphika isicelo sayo "ngokwesisekelo semikhawulo ye-COVID-19 nguhulumeni waseJapan," nayo evimbe ababukeli kuma-Olympic Games, ngemizamo yokuthi ukulwa nokusabalala kwe-COVID-19 njengoba amacala eqhubeka nokukhula, ngokusho kwe-BBC. "Ngikholelwa kakhulu ukuthi ukuncishiswa kwabasebenzi bekungahloselwe ukunciphisa isibalo sabasebenzi abadingayo kumaParalympians, njengama-PCA, kodwa ukunciphisa inani labasebenzi abangabalulekile," ubhale kanje ngoLwesibili. USA Namuhla.

UMeyers ungeze ngoLwesibili ukuthi ubukhona nje bama-PCA bubavumela kanjani abasubathi abakhubazekile ukuthi bancintisane emicimbini emikhulu, efana neParalympics. "Basisiza ukuzulazula kulezi zindawo zakwamanye amazwe, kusukela emphemeni wamachibi, ukungena kwabasubathi ukuthola lapho singadla khona. Kodwa ukusekelwa okukhulu kakhulu abakunikeza abasubathi abanjengami kusinikeza amandla okuthemba izindawo ezisizungezile - ukuzizwa sisekhaya isikhathi esifushane sikulesi simo esisha, esingajwayelekile," echaza. (Okuhlobene: Bukela Lo Mgijimi Ongaboni kahle Ekhubaza Umzila Wakhe Wokuqala Ultramarathon)

Umumo uthinte omele iKomidi lase-U.S. i-Olympic & Paralympic ngoLwesithathu kepha akezwanga. Esitatimendeni okwabiwe kuso USA Namuhla, ikomidi lathi, "Izinqumo esizithathe egameni leqembu bezingelula, futhi sinenhliziyo ebuhlungu ngabasubathi abangakwazi ukuthola izinsizakusebenza zabo zangaphambilini," enezela, "siyazethemba ezingeni ukwesekwa sizokunikeza iThimba lase-USA futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukubahlinzeka ngomsubathi omuhle ngisho nasezikhathini ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili. "

UMeyers usethole ukwesekwa okukhulu ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kubalandeli bezemidlalo, osopolitiki kanye nabalwela amalungelo abakhubazekile. Umdlali wethenisi waseMelika uBillie Jean King uphendule kuTwitter ngoLwesithathu, encenga i-USOPC ukuthi "yenze okufanele."

“Umphakathi okhubazekile ufanelwe ukuhlonishwa, indawo yokuhlala kanye noshintsho oludingayo ukuze uphumelele empilweni,” kubhala uKing. "Lesi simo siyihlazo futhi siyalungiseka kalula. UBecca Meyers ufanelwe okungcono."

UMbusi uLarry Hogan waseMaryland, izwe lasekhaya lakwaMeyers, uzwakalise leyo mizwa efanayo yokweseka uMeyers kuTwitter. "Kuyihlazo ukuthi ngemuva kokuthola indawo yakhe efanele, uBecca uphucwa amandla akhe okuncintisana eTokyo," kubhala uHogan ngoLwesibili. "I-United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee kufanele isiguqule ngokushesha isinqumo sayo."

UMeyers uphinde wathola ukwesekwa kubo bobabili abaphathi bamalungu eSenator, uChris Van Hollen noBen Cardin, kanye noSenator waseNew Hampshire uMaggie Hassan nomlingisi oyisithulu uMarlee Matlin, owakubiza ngokuthi "kuyethusa," wengeza ngokuthi ubhadane "ASISONA isizathu sokuphika [abakhubazekile peoples '] ilungelo lokufinyelela. " (Okuhlobene: Lo wesifazane Uthole Indondo Yegolide kumaParalympics Ngemuva Kokuba Esifundazweni Semifino)

Mayelana noMeyers, uphethe isitatimende sakhe se-Instagram ngoLwesibili echaza ukuthi "ukhulumela izizukulwane ezizayo zabasubathi be-Paralympic ngethemba lokuthi abasoze babhekana nobuhlungu engidlule kubo. Sekwanele." Imidlalo yamaParalympic iqala ngo-Agasti 24, futhi nakhu enethemba lokuthi uMeyers uzoba nokuxhaswa nendawo yokuhlala ayidingayo ukuze ajoyine ababhukudi abakanye naye eTokyo.

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