Is it healthy to take a disabled child to a normal school? >> With the surgical shoe on, and the steel caliper, my play was limited of them. The problem was at school. I did not feel that it was nice for my friends to be around me when I was at school because I could not play at all. And it was compulsory that I wore those shoes. I actually had a nursing matron patrolling me at home to check if I had the shoes on at all times. She felt like a representative from Correctional Services checking on a prisoner who is still serving time at home. I was her polio prisoner. I would often spot her as she entered the gate into our yard and I would disappear as quickly as I could because I never wore my surgical UNksz Kimberley Malope (33), akusamkhathazi ukubukwa ngenxa yezibazi zokusha ebusweni nasezingalweni. Yize kwamthatha isikhathi ukwamukela ukuthi akafani nabanye, wabona ukuthi ukusinda kwakhe kwakungenxa yamasu kaNkulunkulu.