{"id":5044,"date":"2025-05-28T15:48:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/?p=5044"},"modified":"2025-05-28T15:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:48:21","slug":"maya-was-born-missing-her-left-hand-due-to-a-rare-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/?p=5044","title":{"rendered":"Maya was born missing her left hand due to a rare condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"220\">Though her parents raised her as \u201cnormal,\u201d <strong data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"51\">Maya<\/strong> began hiding her <strong data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"83\">disability<\/strong> at 13 out of <strong data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"119\">self-consciousness<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"145\">fear of rejection<\/strong>. For 25 years, she covered her hand, feeling <strong data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"202\">ashamed<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"219\">isolated<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"462\">At 38, meeting someone who fully <strong data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"267\">accepted<\/strong> her helped Maya embrace her <strong data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"315\">limb difference<\/strong>. This changed her life, leading to better <strong data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"371\">self-care<\/strong>, stronger <strong data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"399\">relationships<\/strong>, and her role as an <strong data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"432\">advocate<\/strong> for <strong data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"461\">disability inclusion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"708\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">She wrote <em data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"490\">Singlehandedly<\/em> and now encourages others to <strong data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"532\">\u201cunhide\u201d<\/strong> what they\u2019re hiding to find real <strong data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"580\">connection<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"596\">freedom<\/strong>. Maya sees <strong data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"624\">disabilities<\/strong> as part of <strong data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"649\">diversity<\/strong>, urging <strong data-start=\"658\" data-end=\"669\">respect<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"684\">education<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"707\">open dialogue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though her parents raised her as \u201cnormal,\u201d Maya began hiding her disability at 13 out of self-consciousness and fear of rejection. For 25 years, she covered her hand, feeling ashamed and isolated. At 38, meeting someone who fully accepted her helped Maya embrace her limb difference. This changed her life, leading to better self-care, stronger &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5046,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044\/revisions\/5046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}