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She had always suspected that she was different from other people. With 21 she knew it for sure because of the medical records of her childhood and youth that she was never allowed to see herself and that was kept in the archives of a university hospital. That used to be the location to where she had to return every six months in order to be examined since she was four years old. Nobody ever told her why. "The worst was the uncertainty," she says today, "not the diagnosis." Which the 28-year-old received only seven years ago.
- CAIS: "The worst was the uncertainty"

© Marks

One seldom sees mothers in a wheelchair. Katharina Marks took courage. She is 25 years old, paraplegic and single mother of a three year old daughter. In her web forum lewu.de – LebensWunder (wonder of life) she provides information about childbearing for disabled women. REHACARE.de spoke with the young mother about her experiences.
- Read more in the interview: Simply a Matter of Organisation