My story isn’t similar but I have one – I was born with Cerebral Palsy [apparently] and they had me go through special touching of fur, sharp spikey things, sticking me on top of a giant ball and training me to put my hands out.
[apparently, I’d just watch the ground as it got bigger and bigger and was surprised at the sudden feeling in my face… every time].
Anyway, it worked. I was lucky. No signs of cerebral palsy. I’m still half-deaf and half blind but nobody would know it. I learned to fake normal 😛