By Trudy Bekker | Director
UBALDO
Ubaldo was born without anus and ears. His family arranged for him to get all the operations he needed and also get private physiotherapy. But when the money was becoming tight, they decided to enroll him in the home visiting program of the Fundación Cuidado Infantil Dominicano. At this point he was 1 year and 4 months old and could not sit by himself, did not use his hands and was moving around his home on his back, pushing himself around with his feet.
This is his story:
At the beginning I did not like the visits of Magdalena very much, but since they gave me interesting things to look at and touch, I soon liked it more than going to physiotherapy. where I cried a lot because they were always putting me in different positions that made me uncomfortable.
When I started to likethe visits, I discovered quickly I could do things with my hands, like grabbing my drinking bottle, without my mother having to hold it. She put me in a chair that my mom had (in the photo above) and she gave me blocks to put in and take out of a container. I did not even like to stand on my feet, but since she gave me something to do on the table, I forgot that I was standing on my feet. That made my mum very happy. Between the visits my mum and siter Genesis continued to play with me the way they had learned.
What I really liked was scribbling, throwing things as far as I could and playing ball with my sister Genesis while I was sitting on the floor resting my back on my mother sitting behind me. Really, many times I do not understand much what they want, because my ear-holes are covered and I can only hear loud sounds. But I learned to communicate with my hands: to say goodbye, come, I do not want more or indicate what I do want to have, eat or drink.
My parents are also trying to solve my hearing problem. After 3 years in the program I am able to walk around and fulfill some simple mandates, eat by myself, and I love coloring.The Fundación Cuidado Infantil also helped my parents to enroll me in the school for the deaf! I hope to learn there how to communicate better with my family!
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Thank you so much for helping us help children like Ubaldo develop to their potential and when possible get them enrolled in a school!!
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