Dergin tokmak biography of barack
When he was 12, his life changed after seeing a dancer on crutches in a breakdance film....
13 Questions: Dergin Tokmak
Uppermost in my mind today is ...
Working on my act. I'm trying to put a new trick in there.
Dergin Tokmak, a child of Turkish immigrants in Germany whose legs were withered by childhood polio, does a leaping, spinning break-dance.
I used to do a hand-stand, and now I'm hoping to integrate one crutch into it.
People think I'm ...
I don't care what people think about me. It brings me bad energy.
Not a lot of people know that I ...
Spend most of my time in a wheelchair.
Dergin Tokmak caught polio as a very young boy.
I use crutches on stage, but it's the opposite in my private life. I think people would give me pity if they knew. I use the chair like someone would use a bicycle. It gets me around more quickly and my hands are freer.
I want to ban ...
Stairs.
Dergin Tokmak, born in Germany to a Turkish family and is unable to use his legs as a result of paralysis he suffered at the age of.I can go down them, but not up. I do lots of wheelchair hiking though, and sometimes I try the steps out to get down a hill. I like simple sports chairs - technical ones make you lazy.
I struggle with ...
Making decisions.
When there are so many things happening so quickly, I don't know what the right ans
