Celie

poulain

Name: Celie Poulain

I live in: France

1. Can you talk a little about yourself? Summarize your life? What do you do for a living? Why are you in a wheelchair?
I have a neuromuscular disease since birth which affectes all my volunteer mussels.
I’m in a wheelchair because of this disease.
I live in France.

2. I saw in your instagram profile that you travel a lot.  What places have entered your heart the most?
Yes I love to travel. I think that there’s a lot of beautiful places to visit. I especially loved my trip to the USA with my daughter.

3. What are the biggest obstacles and limitations in traveling in a wheelchair?
You have to trust the person who takes your wheelchair to put it in the plane. When you don’t have your wheelchair you are completely lost.
The other problem is that other people can not know that you are disabled and when you ask for the aisle chair to go to the toilets they are just like really surprised…

4. What are the places with the least architectural barriers? And which is the most complicated?
Accessibility is not perfect and that’s the most complicated. You always have to ask and ensure the place you would like to go are wheelchair accessible

5. When was  last time you thought “I’m a lucky person”?
Right now 😂🍀👍

6. From what you see on your instagram profile, you look like a very positive, strong and optimistic woman.  Is that so?  Where do you find all this inner strength?
Yes I am. I don’t have the choose
So I prefere being positive. I love my life

7. The favorite songs?

Savoir Aimer (Florent Pagny)

Alt

Tout le Bonheur du Monde (Sinsemilia)

Alt

8. Do you believe in God?
My grandmother did. I believe in eternal life.

9. Your perfect day?
A bit everyday

10. If you could talk for an hour with a person of your choice in the world (living or not), who would you choose?
Platon

11.  What do you think about the place where you live? Have you ever thought about changing your life and going to live in other place?
I would like to live in Toulouse. This city is like… I where relayed to it

12. What advice do you give to those who have recently faced an invalidity like yours?
Nothing arrives without an aim
Take the best of your life and stay positive. Social networking can help. Don’t stay alone

13. How do you deal with tensions and moments of despair?
Waiting for them to disappear 😂

14. What do you think about Italy?
I visited Firenze Pisa Sienna and Roma. Love Italy love it’s history
It’s our Latin culture. I learnt Latin and ancient Greek at College

15. What is the meaning of life in your opinion?
Be happy and enjoy

16. What are the biggest waivers you have to do?
Not to be able to go where I want and do what I want because of my disability even if I try to do all…

17. How were you as a child? The first memory of your childhood?
It was difficult. Hospital. Doctors. And not many friends

18. If you could enter a painting, which would you like to enter?
Les nénuphars (Claude Monet)

19. What about your family?
My husband the best in the world
My daughter 14 years
My son 11 years

20. What is the thing that makes you more angry?
When people don’t want to speak with you because of your wheelchair ♿🙄

21. When you see carefully yourself at the mirror, what do you see?
Me as the others see me

22. You have a splendid smile.  If you close your eyes and think of something that makes you smile, what do you see?
My doggie love MiChoKo

23. How important is it to take life with irony, in your opinion?
Depends on the moment. There are many moments that have to be taken seriously too. Irony is not always a good choice

24. Your dream in the drawer?
always be loved for what I am

25. If you should define yourself, what words will you use?
Positive. Helpful

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