{"id":5343,"date":"2016-05-13T14:57:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T14:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=5343"},"modified":"2016-05-13T14:57:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T14:57:49","slug":"the-man-with-the-upside-down-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/the-man-with-the-upside-down-head\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Of The Man With The Upside Down Head Is As Touching As It Is Inspiring"},"content":{"rendered":"

When\u00a0Claudio Viera de Oliveira<\/em><\/strong> was born, doctors didn’t give him very long to live at all. In fact, they told his mother he probably wouldn’t leave the hospital. The reason why? A condition known in the medical community as ‘arthrogryposis<\/em><\/strong><\/a>‘. But no one ever really uses that word. Nor do they often use Claudio’s name. For he’s more often known, quite simply, as ‘The Man With The Upside Down Head<\/a>‘.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Claudio is from Monte Santo<\/strong> in Brazil<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>and has gone on to defy the doctors’ expectations. He’s now forty years old and living a full life, despite his crippling disability. He’s doing so well that he’s even forged a career as a motivational speaker.<\/p>\n

He’s written a book about his life too. It’s called ‘called ‘El mundo esta a contramano’ (The world is the wrong way around).<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Upside<\/p>\n

‘Since I was a child I’ve always liked to keep myself busy and work – I don’t like to depend totally on other people,’ <\/em>he says. ‘I do a bit of accounting, research for clients and consulting’,<\/em> he says.
\n‘I have learned to turn on the TV, pick up my cell phone, turn on the radio, use the internet, my computer – I do it all by myself.’<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Upside<\/p>\n

Here’s more on Claudio’s incredibly touching and inspiring story:<\/p>\n