A photo of Oliver Garza-Pena is inspiring millions after his mom captured the moment he saw a boy in a wheelchair in a Target poster -- just like him.
so rarely get to see themselves represented -- whether that's in movies, books, or even advertising. It's for this reason that little Oliver Garza-Pena of Arizona stopped in his tracks during a recent trip to Target. Looking back at him from an ad in the kids' aisle was Demi Garza-Pena, shared the heartwarming moment on Facebook,Ollie was born with caudal regression syndrome on March 7, 2018.
In just six months, Oliver had mastered his donated wheelchair, and by Halloween 2019, Oliver finally got his"big boy chair."Demi says her soon-to-be 2-year-old is even excited by the prospect of taking on hills and slopes. "I catch him throwing his arms out to the side like a bird," she told CafeMom,"and you can just see the freedom that his chair has given him."
"I am so happy that other kids that pass through here with their parents, will see this!" Demi wrote in the post."There is a lot of focus on representing diversity, but representing people with disabilities is just as important!"To date, it's been shared more than 16,000 times, with over 700 people commenting to cheer on Ollie.
"I’m that little boy in the Target display's Mom and this picture has me in tears!" wrote Ashley Catherine."Tell Ollie he can do anything he puts his mind to!"
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