Evelina Bledans and nine other parents of “special” children.
No one is immune, not even stars, from the fact that a family may have a child with Down syndrome, autism or cerebral palsy. These kids are considered children of God. They are dependent and defenseless in the face of a cruel world. Raising them is a lot of work, requiring, first of all, enormous spiritual strength.
“SEMOCHKA—THE MEANING OF LIFE”
Few people talk publicly about their children when they are seriously ill. The first to openly talk about the disappointing diagnosis of their newborn son Semyon were actress Evelina Bledans and her husband Alexander Semin. Evelina became a mother for the second time on April 1, 2012. I found out that the baby would have Down syndrome while I was still pregnant. Despite this, I decided to give birth and raise her, no matter what the difficulties.
For the sake of Semyon, the 43-year-old actress completely changed her lifestyle. She and her husband moved from noisy Moscow to live outside the city because the baby needed fresh air. Instead of exercises and exercise equipment, Evelina began to garden and do housework. I started a page on social networks on behalf of my son. Today Semyon Semin is the most famous child in our country. It has almost 13 thousand readers.
Evelina raises Semyon without the help of nannies. When the actress is filming, she takes her son with her. While the mother is working on camera, the grandmother is looking after the baby.
“We show by our own example that such children can and should be loved, adored, that they are beautiful, smart and cheerful,” admits Evelina Bledans in an interview. “Today I enjoy motherhood, every minute I spend next to him. Having a late child is such a heartbreaking joy. Everything else cannot be compared with this happiness; by definition it is in the background. “Semochka is the meaning of life for me now.”
“BOYS FOLLOW MY DAUGHTER IN A HERD”
Lolita Milyavskaya's daughter Eva was born in 1999. The girl was born prematurely, with very low weight. Doctors immediately diagnosed Down syndrome. But they were wrong. Then I was diagnosed with autism. Doctors advised sending the girl to a boarding school and abandoning her. But they did not abandon the child. Although the girl is being raised by her grandmother, Lolita’s mother, she worked with her all the time and took her to rehabilitation procedures. Now the girl is 15 years old, and she is no different from her peers. True, this was not always the case. In preschool age and junior school, the girl was withdrawn, shy and developed much more slowly than her peers. But Lolita insisted that her daughter study at a regular school. Eva went to first grade in Moscow. But the journey from school to home took an hour and a half, and the girl was very tired. Therefore, the singer moved her to Kyiv, to her mother.
Today, Eva lives alternately in Moscow (with her mother and stepfather), then in Kyiv (with her grandmother), and in the summer Lolita takes her only daughter to vacation in Bulgaria. Eva has many friends and even fans, and in the future the girl dreams of becoming a singer, like her mother. So we can say with confidence: these brave women managed to defeat the disease and provide a normal, happy life for the child. Lolita Milyavskaya recently admitted: “Now we need to be protected. The boys walk in a herd."
FIGURATORY VISION OF THE WORLD
For many years, politician and business coach Irina Khakamada did not consider it necessary to tell the press that her girl was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth. Irina Mutsuovna gave birth to Masha at the age of 42 from her third husband, Vladimir Sirotinsky. She and her husband really wanted a child together. “This is the hard-won, very desired fruit of our love,” says Irina Khakamada.
Not everything was smooth sailing. In 2003, Masha was diagnosed with blood leukemia. The treatment lasted for three whole years, and the disease was defeated.
“She loves to dance,” says Irina Khakamada about her child. “She has an artistic mindset: there’s no boom-boom in mathematics, but everything that concerns the imaginative vision of the world, drawing, dancing, singing, she does it.”
Now Masha is 15 years old. She studies at a specialized Moscow school and makes amazing progress in her creativity.
“EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY WITH YOUR SON!”
Anna Netrebko, one of the most respected opera divas in the world, in 2008, while in a civil marriage with baritone from Uruguay Erwin Schrott, gave birth to a son, Thiago. In the Russian manner, Anna calls him Tishka. When the boy was three years old, Netrebko noticed, and doctors confirmed: the baby had autism.
“For a long time I could not understand that something was wrong with my son! He is a very self-sufficient and neat child. In five years I haven’t broken a single toy! Well, yes, he doesn’t like to communicate. But I thought: “Well, he doesn’t talk and doesn’t talk. Sometimes he speaks when he needs it!” And then we began to notice: we turn to Tisha, but he doesn’t react at all! Well, absolutely not!”
For the sake of her son, Anna was forced to move from Austria to the USA - there are special courses for special children. Thiago is now studying at an integrated school with an individual approach to learning.
“I want to tell all mothers who have children with autism: believe me, this is not a death sentence! There are methods that develop such children to normal standards,” Netrebko said on the “Let Them Talk” show. “It just takes time, after which Thiago will become like all ordinary children.” Everything will be fine with my son!”
“They are kinder, more talented and deeper than some of us.”
Actor Sergei Belogolovtsev, known for the humorous show “O.S.P. studio,” it was no laughing matter for many years. His eldest son Nikita was not even a year old when his wife Natalya became pregnant again. A few months later, when she gave birth to their second son, Evgeniy, doctors announced that the baby had cerebral palsy. The doctors prepared Sergei and Natalya for the worst case scenario, but they got Zhenya out and raised him to be a sympathetic, hardworking and very kind young man.
“Until he was 6 years old, Zhenya didn’t come to us, and then he didn’t play in the yard, we didn’t let him there,” said Sergei Belogolovtsev. - Courtyards, parks... none of this happened. There are always people there who have a negative attitude towards such children.”
Today, 25-year-old Evgeniy is the great pride of his parents. He successfully graduated from a school for gifted children and entered the Institute of Theater Arts, Advertising and Show Business. “After the birth of my youngest son, Zhenya, I realized: people marked by this disease are much kinder, more talented and deeper than some of us,” admits Sergei Belogolovtsev.
WHO ELSE?
Alexey Batalov.
His daughter Masha has cerebral palsy. The parents did not abandon the girl. The actor devoted all his free time to his daughter. Masha lives in a wheelchair. But she became a writer and screenwriter.
Iya Savvina
. Her son Sergei was diagnosed with Down syndrome in the maternity hospital, immediately after birth. He learns foreign languages, plays the piano, and is successful in the arts.
Tatiana Dyachenko
. A child with Down syndrome is also growing up in the family of the first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. Gleb was born in the second marriage of his daughter Tatyana with Alexey Dyachenko.
Sylvester Stallone
. Son Sergio is diagnosed with autism. The child was not abandoned.
Charles de Gaulle
. Daughter Anna has Down syndrome. Her father took great care of her, but at the age of 20 she died.
How Evelina Bledans' 7-year-old son, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome, grows and develops
Good boy
