Watch the couple with disabilities living their life like a normal couple
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29-year-old Faye Pearson and her 26-year-old husband, Stevie, from Watford, England, are disabled as they suffer from genetic diseases.
The couple is unable to move and uses powerchairs but their disability doesn’t stop them from living like a normal couple.
The couple met during a powerchair football match 11 years ago and became friends. 6 years later, they got married and they have an 18-month-old son, Rowan.
Though the couple uses powerchairs and needs carers all the time, they are as independent as normal people.
Faye told Barcroft: “We are not classed as normal human beings, people think we are not allowed to have children, not allowed to drive a car or own our own house – that’s how I think the public perceives us.”
Faye was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) type-2 when she was 18-months-old while Stevie was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) when he was three.
Their conditions haven’t passed on to their son, Rowan who was born via cesarean on October 11, 2017.
Stevie said: “When Faye went down for the cesarean it was probably the worst wait of my life, but when getting the news that they were both okay, I felt on top of the world.”
The couple is very happy but they get upset when people assume that Rowan is not their son. They often think that whoever is with them is his parent.
“The world does not see us capable of being parents but at the end of the day, our little boy is very happy and very loved”, Faye said.
“Rowan loves me and Stevie, and that is ultimately what I wanted when I started this journey to be a parent – will my child love me like a child loves any other mother? The answer is yes.”
“We love him and he returns it. He gives his love back to us and it makes everything worthwhile.”
“I want people to know that we are just a nice family of three. We are on wheels but we are no different to them”, she added.