First steps of Maksymchyk

"I want to go to school to study and communicate with other children" – with these words little Maksym often refers to his family, but, unfortunately, the obstacle is his diagnosis – cerebral palsy, which does not give him an opportunity to move independently. So now the only way for Maksym to get to school is the bicycle's frame on which his mother drives him during the warm months. The rest of the educational process tapers to a small room.

During last 8 years Maksym and his mom have been struggling for his ability to walk. All the efforts, diligence, and what it can be said – the whole life laid out to put him on his feet. All this time, not a single day has been lost in vain. Thanks to a course of rehabilitation in specialized centers Maksym learned to sit, crawl, kneel, and now he goes to the support it needed a little bit more! During the consultations, a neurologist and orthopedist, it was decided to perform the surgery on cropping muscles on the legs. Family on their own to collect the required amount, but the success of the surgery depends on the postoperative rehabilitation treatment. Money for it sorely lacking, because my mother raises her son alone, is always close to him and she does not have the opportunity to work.

Maksym believes that by working together and with the help of caring people he will, together with other peers in school to gain knowledge and benefit society. Although Maksym is now an individual training program, he did not give up and is making significant progress. Despite the difficulties, the boy learned to write (I want it hard it is given), count and read, because his life is the slogan of the words: "I want, I can, I will." Maksym is so eager to make their first steps, but he can not cope!

Name: Maksym M. Melnyk, 25/11/2006

Location: Khmelnytsky region

Diagnosis: cerebral palsy, spastic paraparesis