THE FAIRY love tale of how two visually-impaired adults got attracted to each other and fell in love only for the man to ditch her mistress has left many tongues wagging.
Thirty-two-year-old Adisa Nyankey has had to resort to begging in order to raise money to cater for herself and child fathered by the man, while struggling through school.
The former student of Okuapeman Senior High School at Akropong Akuapem aspires to become a teacher.
She lived happily with her visually-impaired lover for over five years and were planning to get married.
The man who persistently impressed upon Adisa to get pregnant for him later denied responsibility when the woman took seed a few months later.
Adisa who describes her experience as terrible says the man abandoned her for fear of giving birth to baby who may also be visually impaired.
“The parents were arguing among themselves that if we are two visually-impaired, we will give birth to virtually-impaired child,” she said.
Life until now has never been the same for the girl whose father separated with her mum after learning of her condition.
Despite being heavily pregnant, the expectant visually impaired young mother was forced into begging for alms to survive during pregnancy.
Her day starts earlier than perhaps anyone since she has to get to her location very early.
But the in-laws now have a change of mind after they learnt Adisah’s son can see.
She has been sharing her chilly story on the Emotional Rescue segment of Luv FM’s Metropolitan Mix Show hosted by Anita Akua Kyerewaa Kuma, forcing several listeners into tears.
In tears, one caller sobbed “men…men, men will never change” as she wept uncontrollably on that live radio programme.
But despite the challenges, Adisa managed to rewrite and passed the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (EASSCE) for private candidates.
She is keeping her dream of becoming a teacher alive, having gained admission to the University of Cape Coast to study History and Religion.
Until then, she has to do more begging along the road, enter all corners within the Kwabre East District and adjoining Kumasi Metropolitan area hoping that her son will one day be her helper.
“I don’t have help for the child and myself. I don’t also want to remember that pain so I don’t also want to go to the boy (lover) again to hustle for that responsibility.
“I can also gain benefit of my small child. At least he can hold my hand so that I don’t strike my foot against an object,” sobbing Adisa said.
Some emotionally charged listeners could not hold back their tears as they contributed to discussion on the issue on radio.
Meanwhile, Life and Relationship Coach, Richlove Mba, has admonished the public against maltreating physically challenged persons.