Chava Willig Levy: My Battle with Polio
Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer
Living Lchaim
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Inspiration for the Nation is the weekly Jewish podcast from Living Lchaim, hosted by Yaakov Langer.
Chava Willig Levy is an award-winning author and an advocate for individuals with disabilities. As a person who gets around in a motorized wheelchair, she has shattered many stereotypes about people with disabilities in the workplace, in the community, in the classroom and on the college campus. An internationally known motivational speaker famous for her humor, passion and compassion, Chava has captivated audiences ranging in size from 50 to 3,500.
When Chava was a little girl she contracted polio and has been batteling it ever since. Despite being told that she would never get married nor have children, Chava has proven the naysayer wrong. She constantly fights for what she believes in and won't be stopped.
Watch more about Chava's story here: https://youtu.be/9urJ-QbLJO0
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| 0:00.0 | A bunch of buses came by, each driver had a reason for not, you know, I forgot the key, things like that. |
| 0:08.8 | But I was, okay, I'll wait. Finally a bus came and he said that the, you know, we had the key and the lift was working. |
| 0:18.0 | I said, great, I'll go to the back and I'll meet you there, at which point the driver slammed the door in my face. the |
| 0:23.4 | and I'll meet you there at which point the driver slammed the door in my face and sped away and I |
| 0:27.6 | maybe because of all the other ones that had come I just burst into tears right there on Avenue of the Americas. |
| 0:34.8 | Welcome back to another episode of Inspiration for the Nation. |
| 0:36.8 | I'm Yaku Wlinger and if you think you have obstacles in your life, |
| 0:40.8 | you probably never heard of Kavu willig Levy. Well this week I got to |
| 0:44.8 | sit down with her and talk to her about how she contracted polio when she was a |
| 0:49.1 | little girl, how in her entire life people told her you can't do this you can't do that and she proved them wrong |
| 0:56.0 | this episode is powered by Joma and they're amazing amazing resources you will hear more about them and you'll hear about their |
| 1:04.8 | project with have a will-a-glievi. Now here is this week's episode. Wait, but first |
| 1:09.6 | this episode is a memory of Shevendama vignaclle Shlyma as well as Miriamsar-Bas Yaku Moisha. |
| 1:14.0 | Now, my conversation with the one the only Havah Willig Levy. |
| 1:19.0 | I'm Yaku Langer, and you're listening to Inspiration for the Nation. |
| 1:26.0 | I am here with Havo Wille Gleevy. |
| 1:28.0 | Thank you so much for letting me come to your beautiful home. |
| 1:31.0 | Thank you. It's a pleasure to have you. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 1:34.0 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:35.0 | So there's a lot to talk to you about and I guess take me back to the beginning of your life. |
| 1:41.0 | Well, maybe it's a weird question, but like do you remember your first memory or like the beginning of your life? |
| 1:48.0 | That's a very good question. I don't, that is to say, when people ask me, I'm in a wheelchair, I'm a polio |
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