Utah Man Abandoned As A Baby & Bullied While Growing Up Is Now All Set To Marry

Dec 21, 2021 by apost team

People who are born with disabilities do not have the easiest life. Most people with a disability show that is not something that can hold you back in any way. As long as the determination is paired with a lot of love and support, there is nothing that can hold a person back from living their best life. 

Gabe Adams did not have an easy start to life, unfortunately. Gabe, who was born in Brazil back in 2000, was abandoned by his mother quite soon after he was born. Gabe's mother didn't believe she could care for the boy, who was born without arms or legs, so she abandoned him in the hospital where he was born. 

According to Newsner, Gabe was placed in an orphanage, but his chances of being adopted were slim. Gabe was born with Hanhart syndrome, which is a congenital defect that prevents limbs from forming correctly. However, Gabe's life would soon be changing for the better. 

His adoptive mother, Janelle Adams, was shopping at her local supermarket in Kaysville, Utah when she saw a photo of Gabe. Janelle and her husband Ron already had 13 biological children, but she knew she needed to do something to help this boy, so the couple flew out to Brazil and brought Gabe back to the Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Salt Lake City, Utah shortly after he was born.

Thanks to his beautifully supportive and loving family, Gabe has become an inspiration for many people because he became an incredible dancer and found true joy in dancing in February 2016. Gabe, who lives in Salt Lake City, has now gone on to find his true love!

"We had our concerns, but I couldn't stop thinking about the sweet little boy so far away without arms, legs or a family," Janelle recalled to TODAY. However, Gabe had never let his disability hold him back. Not only did he learn how to get around without his wheelchair, but he also learned how to dance! 

According to the publication, Gabe joined the Davis High School dance team during his sophomore year of high school. After other students saw Gabe perform, they wanted to hear more about his story.

"I wouldn't have been able to do anything without my parents," Gabe said, and added, "They gave me a chance to find out what I love."

While he has learned to do everything on his own, including climbing stairs and using a wheelchat, Gabe is most thankful for his ability to dance. When his family moved to a new school district, Gabe started taking private lessons. Dancing has given Gabe the ability to express himself through movement, and though it was something Gabe never thought he'd be able to do, he has become an inspiration for himself by achieving so much despite external limitations. 

"My teammates treated me like a normal person and didn't look at my disability, just my ability to dance and be part of a team," Gabe said.

Gabe told TODAY that he enjoyed hip-hop and contemporary dance. He is also a motivational speaker and an avid swimmer. He has even released his own inspirational documentary back in November of 2019 called, “Limb-itless: Adventure Songwriting.” Gabe can be found at his website, Twitter, and Instagram. 

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Even though he overcame a lot of obstacles in his life, Gabe told Queerty.com that was bullied throughout his life. "I would come home in tears because people would make fun of me for the fact I have no arms or legs," he recalled. "One day my mum was like, 'I need you to look in the mirror and name ten things you like about yourself. Then I want you to go to school and pick ten people and say one nice thing about them.'" He added, "Just doing that generated this positivity in my life that made me strive to do better and be happy for myself so I could give my best to everybody else."

Gabe became a loving and well-rounded person thanks to his family's unconditional support. However, when he came out as gay, his family did not accept him at first due to his family's religion. After a few years of resistance, though, his family came around and gave him their unconditional support. "Now I am engaged to a man and they’ve been nothing but supportive and loving to both of us," Gabe said. 

Gabe gushed over his fiancé, Adam Wheatley, who he met in January 2020 on Tinder. After immediately hitting it off online, Gabe decided to take a chance in meeting in person. He recalled that Wheatley told him, "'I want to take you on a real date. Let’s go get coffee, let’s go do this and this and this.' He came and picked me up at 3 in the afternoon and we hung out until 2 in the morning! He was the nicest person I’d ever met. We literally hung out pretty much every day after that." The couple was set to marry soon in February 2021. 

Do you think Gabe is an inspiration? Let us know what you think and be sure to pass this along to your friends and family so they can be inspired, too!