Stuck in wheelchair, I was the child no one wanted to play with

Anne Wafula-Strike, a Paralympian.

As a journalist, you do not always get to work on intriguing stories, and some days can be rather ordinary. But sometimes you get an opportunity to interview a personality with a life-changing testimony. On this day, it is a call from BBC World Service that makes the difference.

The broadcaster has just started a new weekly podcast, Lives Less Ordinary. The show is all about stepping into someone else’s life and expecting the unexpected. My subject is the podcast’s subject of the week.

Meet Anne Wafula-Strike, a Paralympian, a mother and a wife.