The former face of Markíza Andy Timková disappeared from the screens years ago. In the past, she worked as a presenter in well-known shows such as Teleráno, Senzi Byt, Hour of Truth and others. Her husband is a former colleague, Stano Pavlík, and she is the mother of two sons. Firstborn Adam was born with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy. The younger one’s name is Michal and he lives in Switzerland for a long time. She was interviewed about her older son for .
Former presenter she never hid the fact that she had a child with a disability and she spoke of her son as her great teacher. Although Adam, 42, is in a wheelchair and needs some form of “supervision”, he works part-time and lives a more or less normal life.
“He taught me to look at things differently. It’s nice, but it’s challenging. Because it’s for life. You have to accept that he is like that, that I will die one day and that he will stay here and will always need someone’s supervision, help, but it won’t be me.” said Timková bitterly, admitting that it is a lifelong adjustment.
In the past, this experience also led her to work at the Office of the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, where she was for about a year and she is also well aware of the financial burden, which, according to her, is not eased by the state either.
“I have a new cart, perfect, but expensive it was like… Now the cart is creaking, this is coming off… And you say to yourself, damn, what is this? You have to pay extra for everything… I left the office out of helplessness, how little we can help these people in Slovakia. Because the legislation is what it is. You won’t do anything about it. A person calls who has no one, is slowly going blind, lies in diapers, and you can’t help him,” she described a story she once came across.
According to her, Adam receives a pension of around 500 euros, but even if he works, it would not be enough for a dignified life without the financial help of loved ones. “Basically, it’s one of the highest pensions, but try to make a living from it. He goes to work, he works part-time there, so he comes up with an amount under a thousand euros, but he has an apartment. You have to calculate the rent, you have to eat, you have to refuel, because you drive to work, otherwise you can’t do it. You have other items, phone, internet and you haven’t got dressed yet,” added Timková.
“So without us, without our help… He is so sweet that I make him a purchase and he asks how much to send me. So I say 10 euros so that he participates in it and doesn’t feel bad. He also tells me, I will buy you or invite you now. You don’t want to ask the wheelchair user to pay, but you have to give him the chance to feel good, that he is normal, that he will actually pay, but when we go into finances and specific numbers, it’s a disaster,” concluded the former presenter.
