The child is isolated from his peers and needs 3 sessions per week

"Youssef" needs speech therapy for 38.4 thousand dirhams

(Youssef - six years old), has difficulty speaking since birth, and his family's dream is that he can speak and speak like the rest of his peers, to be able to enter school, as he needs occupational therapy sessions, a speech and language program, and a program in education and behavior modification for a year, and the cost of it is The treatment is for a period of 38 thousand and 400 dirhams, and his father appeals to good people and people of compassionate hearts to help him arrange the amount for the treatment of his son, who has become isolated from his peers, due to his inability to understand with them.

A medical report issued by one of the specialized centers for treatment in Al-Ain confirmed that “Youssef needs to conduct intensive treatment sessions, to help him improve his health condition, but his family’s financial capabilities prevent him from providing the amount of physical therapy sessions for their son, and his father appeals to good people to help him treat his son.” and opened hope for him in life again.”

Youssef's father told "Emirates Today" his suffering, saying: "(Youssef) was born naturally, and all his tests are correct, but when he was four years old, his mother noticed that he did not speak like other children, so she expected that it was a natural delay, because her son was still young, and when she was She visits her friend, who had a three-year-old son, and his grandmother was talking and talking to his mother, when she discovered that her son had a problem that prevents him from speaking.”

And (Abu Youssef) continued: “My wife told me that I should go to the hospital, because there is a possibility that (Youssef) has a disease that prevents him from speaking, so we took him to a government hospital near us, and when he was examined, the results of the tests showed that his hearing was in good condition, and no He suffers from any health problems in the brain, but he must be transferred to one of the centers specialized in rehabilitation and occupational therapy, because of the need to start treatment sessions, so that the child can speak.”

The father said: “When the doctor told us that my son does not suffer from any problems with hearing or in the brain, we felt reassured about his health condition, and we thought after that that he would be able to speak, and we waited until he was six years old, but unfortunately we did not notice any development on him, and he became isolated. About the rest of the children because it is difficult to understand with them, because he cannot communicate and talk with them.

He indicated that he contacted the doctor, who advised him to treat (Youssef) in a rehabilitation center specialized in treating speech problems, and gave him the name of one of the centers in Al-Ain. Occupational therapy and behavior modification therapy, because his condition is similar to autism spectrum condition, but it is not autism.

(Abu Youssef): “My son needs three sessions per week of occupational therapy, three sessions of the speech and language program, and two sessions per week of education and behavior modification therapy, and the costs of treatment for one year are 38,400 dirhams, to help him with this program in his speech and ability to speak. ».

He added, "Because of my poor financial capabilities, I cannot pay even a small part of it, because I am the only breadwinner for my family, and I work as a volunteer with a salary of 2000 dirhams in a government agency in Al Ain, because I became unemployed a year ago, due to the loss of the company in which I was working, and support a family that is formed. of three people, and the volunteer salary hardly meets the requirements of our daily lives.”

• (Abu Yousef) works as a volunteer with a salary of 2000 dirhams, and his family consists of three members.