Khyree Wright playing in his first basketball game
ALBANY, GA --
For 9 year old Khyree Wright, living life with Cerebral Palsy has not been easy.
The disorder causes most activities he partakes in to be altered, so they are more suitable for him.
A recent bright spot in his family's life came when they found out he would be allowed to play on his sisters basketball team at the YMCA.
Khyree's mother Samarria Wright said their excitement quickly faded with one phone call, "He's been going to practice and he actually played the very first game. He got his jersey done yesterday and we got a phone call stating he would not be able to play with his walker because of a liability."
Dave Wallace, the executive director for the YMCA, said Khyree's walker had caused kids to trip on at least two separate occasions, and that they had to make the decision based on the best interest of the children.
With Khyree having such little involvement, can he really be putting other children in that much danger? His mother does not think so, "His dad is the coach so they know when to put him in. He's not just in the game coming up the court, coming through with his walker knocking kids over; it's not that type of thing. He's coming right in on the end maybe, does a little defense and goes right back to the side.
Wallace has said as long as it doesn’t effect other children they're more then will to work with Khyree and his family to figure out some way of getting him involved with the team, which is what they wanted all along.
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