Posted on 08/10/2022 2:53:06 PM PDT by Morgana
A woman who was born with one arm and half her legs has revealed how her mother told her the disabilities were due to an attempted abortion when the parent was a teenager.
Charlie Rousseau, 25, from Rouyn-Noranda, in Quebec, Canada, said she grew up feeling like a 'normal child' and 'didn't realise she was disabled' until she was a teenager.
However when she was in her teens, her mother told her that the reason she was born with her disabilities is because the parent had tried to have an abortion and claimed it went wrong.
The radio host told FEMAIL: 'The doctor allegedly told my parents to keep the baby even though the abortion process wasn't finished. They could've taken it further, they could've taken the hospital to court but we were living in a small town and my parents didn't want to make a big deal.'
However she has said she doesn't allow her disabilities to get her down, and instead has spent the last few years travelling the world.
Charlie grew up feeling like a normal child. She said her parents were determined to raise her like every other one of her school friends.
The 25-year-old said: 'I never realised I had a disability until I was 16. My parents sent me to a normal school and I had normal friends. I had a big character so I fitted in fine.
'It was only when I became interested in dating and fancying boys did I really accept my disability and that I was so different.'
Charlie said as she began growing up, and became interested in boys, she 'noticed she was disabled.'
She said: 'When boys tried to kiss me they had to bend down, I genuinely used to think will I ever have a boyfriend?'
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Including many folks who are but don't know it. That's my guess anyway.
“...she doesn’t want to ‘waste time’ and travels the world to ‘live life to the fullest’...”
Good for her, but for me, “traveling the world” is the real waste of time. You can live life to the fullest wherever you are. It’s a mental thing.
I cannot fathom what the mother must think every time she looks at her “baby”.
you = she
I think traveling the world is an absolutely fantastic use of time. There is so much to learn and see and experience. I never could understand the people who are content to stay where they are and never see anything else
What a great attitude she has!
Good for her!
God Bless her. One tough cookie, surviving multiple amputations before being born.
Ues, traveling is over rated...and I find boring mostly...but I am older...I understand a young persons desire to explore
It's a big, beautiful world out there. So much to see and learn about geography, history and cultures.
Charlie Rousseau is an amazing young lady.
A. Her father must have had a pretty good jobs in order to finance her various and frequent trips abroad. Good for her.
B. Her Mom should not have told her daughter the whole story, but Mom probably did it to ease her conscience and let go of that heavy burden of secrecy.
C. The young lady is pretty, slender and is an extrovert, a natural ‘People Person’, so she may still get her share of ‘Boy Trouble’ common to teenage girls.
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I don’t speak French but I love to hear it, and this may be a photo op clip, but DAMN! . . she’s a hot lookin’ hot talker.
If that abortion had gone right, Charlie Rousseau would be dead.
I’d really, really like to see her talk face to face with just one of the many celebutard sluts who’ve boasted how proud they are they had abortions.
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Well,she is 25.
When I was in my 20s I too wanted o travel. And thanks yo my job I did.
But in my 40s I’m more interested in staying at home in my house in a village than travelling.
It’s an age thing
Read later.
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