Woman, 19, mistaken for toddler because of illness: ‘I want to be a star’

2022-05-14 06:38:52 By : Mr. TEYES Factory

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Nothing can stunt her ambition.

Aboli Jarit, of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, was diagnosed with a rare condition that stunted her growth at a young age. Although she’s 19 now, people regularly mistake her for a child because of her diminutive height of just 3-feet, 4-inches tall.

Her diagnosis of renal rickets — or osteomalacia — causes both a bone deformity and chronic renal disease, or kidney failure. She’s forced to wear a diaper because she lacks a bladder, and she can’t walk.

While Jarit is subject to hateful comments from people online, she’s hell-bent on not letting it get to her — or deter her from achieving her dreams of becoming a professional performer.

” ‘As your height is small, you cannot do anything, you do not walk, then how will you become an actor?,’ some people abuse [me],” she told Jam Press. “Not many people have this rare disease. The good thing is I’m still surviving and most people can’t survive with this.”

As a model and aspiring singer who has already made an appearance on “Indian Idol,” she’s now using her growing viral fame — she has more than 6,000 followers on Instagram and hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube — to shed light on her condition.

There’s no cure to for renal rickets, making everyday tasks challenging, especially when venturing outside of her home.

“We also don’t have a car to come and go, and I have to put a diaper on my waist as sometimes it can get wet,” she said, adding that she has a hole in her waist that allows urine to leak constantly. “I wasn’t born with a urine bladder, and because of that, urine keeps flowing through my waist all the time.”

But her physical difficulties don’t diminish her goals — she dreams of achieving fame someday.

Jarit has loved dancing and singing from a young age, but her bones became weaker as she grew older. She began falling and fractured her leg, which grew so painful, she stopped walking or even standing.

While she can’t use her legs — she is determined to use her voice.

“When I went to ‘Indian Idol,’ it was a matter of great pleasure for me. I can’t tell you how much I loved it,” she said. “I want to become a singer and an actor in Bollywood and Hollywood. I hope to be able to do it soon.”

Growing up, her mom Vanita, 53, and dad Vijay, 65, supported her, alongside her siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles. But now, Jarit’s got the internet, too. She’s amassed more than 6,000 Instagram followers and wants to secure the title of Miss Wheelchair World following her finalist spot in Miss Wheelchair India.

“I am my own inspiration because I have learned to live life from what has happened to me from childhood till today,” she said.