Bizarre: Meet the Brazilian man born with his head upside-down
severe his head is Upside-down has defied the
odds to become an inspirational public
speaker.
Claudio Vieira de Oliveira, 37, was born with
his neck folded back on itself, as well as badly
deformed legs and almost no use of his arms
and hands. Doctors told his mother to stop
feeding him as a newborn as they believed he
had no chance of survival. But Claudio from
Monte Santo, Brazil, has overcome his extreme
disadvantages to graduate as an accountant
and become a public speaker. Continue...
"Since I was a child I've always liked to
keep myself busy and work - I don't like
to depend totally on other people. I do a
bit of accounting, research for clients and
consulting. I have learned to turn on the
TV, pick up my cell phone, turn on the
radio, use the internet, my computer - I
do it all by myself." he said.
Claudio types with a pen held in his mouth,
operates phones and a computer mouse with
his lips and has specially made shoes that
allow him to move around town. His
determined independence saw him succeeding
at school and qualifying as an accountant
from the State University of Feira de Santana.
When Claudio was born, doctors told his
mother Maria Jose he would not be able to
survive. Maria Jose said:
"People started saying 'the baby is going
to die' because he could barely breathe
when he was born. Some people would
say: 'Don't feed him, he is already dying'.
But there's only happiness now. Claudio
is just like any other person - that's how
he was raised in this house. We never
tried to fix him and always wanted him to
do the normal things everyone else does.
That's why he is so confident. He is not
ashamed of walking around in the street -
he sings and he dances."
At eight years old, Claudio, who had
previously been carried everywhere, began to
walk on his knees.
His family had to change the floor of the
house so he could walk around without
injuring himself.
Claudio's bed, plugs and lights had to be
made lower so that he could do things for
himself without asking for help.
He cannot use a wheelchair because of his
unusual shape, making it hard for him to be
independent outside the home - but he begged
his mother to be allowed to go to school and
learn with the other children. Doctors have
recently diagnosed him with a rare condition
called congenital arthrogryposis.
They believe he has multiple joint contractions
in his legs and arms which mean they cannot
extend properly. Claudio said:
"Throughout my life I was able to adapt
my body to the world. Right now, I don't
see myself as being different. I am a
normal person. I don't see things upside-
down. This is one of the things I always
talk about in my interventions as a public
speaker.
"Nowadays it's much easier to deal with
the public, I'm not afraid of it anymore
and I can say that I am a professional,
international public speaker and that I
receive invitations from all over the
world."
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