Blindness: An Invisible Disability - Kym Dekeyrel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ส.ค. 2024
- Blindness is an invisible disability.
When she was 5 years old, Kym Dekeyrel was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative genetic condition that causes loss of vision.
In her 20s, she was diagnosed with lupus, carrying symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. During surgery to correct liver failure caused by complications from lupus, Dekeyrel almost died from excessive blood loss.
Although she survived, any remaining vision she had was gone, leaving her feeling “empty” and “lost,” until, with the help of her husband, Adam, she found CrossFit.
In an emotional, candid, and raw interview, Dekeyrel shares her story about living with blindness and accepting the reality of her disability, overcoming fears and defying stereotypes, and finding herself, confidence, and empowerment through CrossFit.
“It’s incredible that it took the sport of CrossFit for me to not only be able to admit to being blind, but to being proud.” - Kym Dekeyrel, 2021 CrossFit Games Champion, Women’s Vision division
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction to Kym Dekeyrel’s Story
1:04 - Diagnosed With Retinitis Pigmentosa At Five Years Old
3:04 - Living With A Visual Impairment
5:53 - Meeting Dr. Adam Dekeyrel
7:04 - Diagnosed With Lupus, Carrying Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis
9:07 - Experiencing Liver Failure and Full Vision Loss
11:10 - Finding CrossFit
14:05 - Defying Perceptions and Becoming Empowered
16:49 - Appreciating Past Experiences
18:05 - A Message For Younger Kym and the World
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CrossFit is the world’s leading platform for improving health and performance. In the 20 years since its founding, CrossFit has grown from a garage gym in Santa Cruz, California, into the world’s most effective program for improving health and performance through nutrition and exercise. CrossFit is the world’s leading provider of accredited performance-based training courses and certifications and has more than 125,000 credentialed coaches across the world. The program can be modified to welcome people of all ages and abilities and millions of people have already experienced CrossFit’s transformational benefits in more than 13,000 affiliated gyms across 158 countries. CrossFit also directs the CrossFit Games season, beginning with the annual CrossFit Open, through which athletes at every level compete worldwide, and culminating in the CrossFit Games, where top athletes compete for the title of Fittest on Earth®.
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Produced in collaboration with Elliot and Lindsay Schrock.
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I am so proud to know Kym! What an amazing human being, not to mention an incredible massage therapist. Kym’s story is inspirational and this world is better because she’s in it. ❤
I had the privilege of assisting a veteran with blindness in our CrossFit affiliate several years ago. The dedication and fortitude is inspiring beyond measure. Thank you for highlighting Kym's journey!
Thank you for this INCREDIBLE video, kym is AMAZING, I lost my vision over a year ago, I am legally blind and everything she went trough is what I'm going through right now.
THank you for posting this.
Thank you for watching and for sharing part of your story with us, tx_tactical! We hope Kym's video brings you some inspiration and motivation. Keep crushing it!
Whoa! I'm speechless ! This is one of the most beautiful and inspiring videos.🥺 Thank you so much🙏
This soul! She is a HEARTWARRIOR. So grateful to know you Kym ❤
Thank you so much for watching, Sacora!
@@crossfit I would watch more if you guys create more with Kym in it!
I'm legally blind in my right eye and often wonder if I lose my vision in my other eye, how would I continue to to do CF. Now I know it's not only possible, but you can keep doing it at a high level! I've also wanted to help the blind community discover the magic of Crossfit and this documentary has inspired me. Thank you so much!
❤️ We're so happy that this video can be an inspiration for you, Patrick! We're excited that you're a part of the CrossFit community. Keep showing up and doing your best! 💪
You CAN and you WILL...trust me as someone who has been there. You can do it... :)
Beautiful, amazing, and inspiring story. Props to this athlete. Keep being a BAMF and cheers to you!
What a beautiful story. Loved this video!
Kym is an amazing, strong and inspirational human. She has a kind and loving heart. It was good to see Kym, Adam, sweet Easton and Super Cooper! ❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing your story. It is inspiring and makes me want to do better. Love CrossFit and what it does for everyday people.
Amazing! Keep defying the odds! Love your story!
We have a guy at Bonnie and clyde crossfit CO with vision impaired, I also have hard of hearing and a scoliosis. If me and him partner for warm-ups, it gets me a bit fear bc I'm not able to always hear it's an odd partner up tho. Overall, I'm happy he's doing the workout and part of crossfit gym.
Simplemente GRACIAS, muchas gracias #KYMDEKEYREL !!
Con tu historia podremos cambiar la vida de muchas personas!
Porque si TU PUEDES hacer lo que dicen imposible, con tu ejemplo ya no lo será más!
#Dios te acompañe siempre y puedan disfrutar junto a tu familia cada dia de sus vidas!
Saludos desde #Chile !
Bendiciones a tod@s!
This is so amazing!!!! 🎉❤what a rockstar!
This is amazing thank you CrossFit
Kym we are so so proud of you - Candice Arnone
You have a big ass nose
Love from India ❤️❤️🙏🙏
Great video! If you want to see more of Kym, I recommend the Sevan podcast interview #642. Kym is awesome!
Is it allergy season or what? We love you Kym and Adam.
#neededToSeeThis THANK YOU.
Wauu Kym what a force what an inspiration thank you so much i love you. A BIG HUG FROM ITALY 🤗❤
Thank you for watching, Massimiliano!
@@crossfit thank you very much 👊
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Sheeesh 🥹
I had somebody say to me the other day that you don’t look blind to me
I'm not necessarily proud, but I accept the legal blindness that I've had since2012 in the same way that I've accepted bring born with hydrocephalus in 1965. I deal with it and learn what I can do every day.
I have one superpower: I compulsively read with my ears.
what an inspirational story. I am 36 and visually impaired only see 5-10 percent!! it is not easy every day but I am making the best of it... I found blind and visually impaired tennis 3 years ago. and that's when I started playing and love that sport. now I train 4 times a week and won silver medal at last year's IBSA world games (those games are like parylympics but only for athletes with visually impairment and blindness)! I am so proud of myself to achieve that. And my next goal is to get gold medal in this years world championships in Italy in September. (so for everyone that is interested in that sport can contact me... I do have a TH-cam Channel Blind Tennis Luxembourg, there is not a lot of videos on it but I am working on that) :-)