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| Ukraine’s Children With Special Needs Suffer the ‘Huge Pressure’ of War | Ukraine’s Children With Special Needs Suffer the ‘Huge Pressure’ of War |
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| Maksym, 13, needs a life of stability and routines, but almost two years of war in Ukraine have given him anything but that. | Maksym, 13, needs a life of stability and routines, but almost two years of war in Ukraine have given him anything but that. |
| The boy, his adult brother and his mother fled their home city, Mariupol, under Russian attack. His father was captured as a prisoner of war. And Maksym has had to live with the sounds of bomb explosions and air raid sirens in Kyiv, where he now lives. The therapist who once treated him in Mariupol has also become a refugee. | The boy, his adult brother and his mother fled their home city, Mariupol, under Russian attack. His father was captured as a prisoner of war. And Maksym has had to live with the sounds of bomb explosions and air raid sirens in Kyiv, where he now lives. The therapist who once treated him in Mariupol has also become a refugee. |
| Maksym, who has attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has struggled to cope and has been having anxiety attacks, said his mother, Maryna Honcharova. He finds it hard to study, often becomes aggressive, and doesn’t want to wake up in the morning, she said. | Maksym, who has attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has struggled to cope and has been having anxiety attacks, said his mother, Maryna Honcharova. He finds it hard to study, often becomes aggressive, and doesn’t want to wake up in the morning, she said. |
| “He screams and throws things in the house,” she said. It often happens when he wants to do something like ride the bicycle he left behind in Mariupol. | “He screams and throws things in the house,” she said. It often happens when he wants to do something like ride the bicycle he left behind in Mariupol. |