3 inspiring stories .. Mothers sacrifice for their children with challenges

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Every day around the world a large number of children with different special needs are born, and although in the 21st century it is assumed that medical and societal awareness about dealing with people with special challenges has evolved, unfortunately on the ground there are many difficulties that every home should have. Includes a "different child" to suffer.

Amid this challenge, some mothers emerge as warriors and inspirations for many other families. The problems of a child vary, but the mother's persistence and insist on learning to benefit her child and her family.

Awareness
Dalia Younes graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University in Cairo, married and gave birth to her only child Anas, but before the completion of two years began to notice some abnormal signs, such as his lack of interest in words at all and his growing interest in everything moving in a circular way; A specialist doctor based on her research on the abilities of children at the age of her son, noting his actions well and relying on the intuition of the mother who seldom misses.

Dalia has come a long way with her son from his autism diagnosis to this day, and found that he has a high musical sense and communicates through him, and is constantly trying to develop this talent and search for other talents he may have.

Dalia decided to share the details of her trip with her son from the start of the diagnosis until now, to celebrate her son, who is five years old this month, saying that she was fortunate to have a medical background and mastered the English language, giving her access to many sources and foreign studies, while not much Parents have access to reliable information about autism and are trying to help them.

The second reason for her to share the details of her distinctive experience is to lift the community stigma of children with autism, and to inform society about what the disease is so that they do not anticipate classifying children with it as "poorly educated" or "brothers without literature", because autism is a challenge that has no effect. Clear organic.

Difficulty reading in front of drawing
"She dreams of being like Zaha Hadid," with these strong words, Amal Taha begins her talk about her great child, Lina.

Amal Taha's journey began since her daughter was two years old, when the mother and those around her noticed that her daughter had unconventional behaviors and thought she had autism.Mother, a media graduate, studied the diploma of general education, from which she learned that her daughter did not suffer from autism.

Amal remained confused in diagnosing her daughter's condition. Some thought she was suffering from "environmental deprivation" which results in delayed speech, but by study it turned out that she did not have it either, so the mother eventually learned that her daughter who is superior in the talent of painting and the arts has difficulties in Learning, specifically in reading characters and words.

Amal continued to join more diplomas to help her understand her daughter's condition.He is currently trying to start a master's degree in education.Her daughter sees the characters as drawings.He cannot recognize the character when reading it, but she can distinguish it audibly and answer verbally.

Lina and her mother were exposed to the teachers' lack of understanding of her exceptional challenge. Many of them have never heard of this, forcing each parent meeting to bring her previous drawings and grades to explain to her that her child is smart and talented, but she suffers from a simple challenge she called. The hidden challenge ", as it has no apparent or organic characteristics, and is only discovered by close personal treatment, which often leads teachers to stigmatize her lack of intelligence sometimes and lack of concentration and laziness at other times, and only hopes that the community and teachers do not start to make false classifications on her daughter without serious attempt Them to understand.

"No Crisis Syndrome"
Ala Ahmed is the first national campaign in Egypt to raise awareness of Down syndrome, which was founded by Alia Ahmed after God blessed her child Sophie. Alia received her with real joy and desire to learn about her new baby, although they hid her from her for three full days for fear of shock, and then surprised doctors They tell her a lot of false legacies that are very ignorant, and the society that was supposed to bless her on the baby shocked her by calling him "to compensate God".

Alia graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy in Cairo and held several different professions, but all this changed completely after the birth of Sophie to work in the therapeutic nutritional education of children with cancer and people with mental challenges, in addition to educational workshops and support for families of children with Down syndrome.

At the beginning of its awareness campaign on the syndrome addressed to students of the faculties of pharmacy and medicine, because they are the first to receive the parents and the newborn with the syndrome, and they must have enough knowledge to help and contain parents, and after the campaign completed its fourth year to expand its scope and established support workshops for parents of children with Down syndrome to help Raise awareness in the required areas, with attention to the mother's psyche so she can take care of her child.

In her journey with Alia, Alia strives to create enough awareness for the community to accept her daughter as it is without issuing prejudices against her on the basis of her shape. She believes that this is a duty for all parents of children with special needs, and to pave the way for those who will come after them so as not to have to face The same difficulties.

In the end, she hopes that everyone behind children with special needs, especially the parents of other children who are waiting for support and not ignorance and bullying, will be proud of these children and believe in their abilities and what they can achieve.