Ua kamaʻāina nā kānaka a pau i kēia maʻi a he kumuhana nō naʻe he paʻakikī a paʻakikī hoʻi iaʻu ma nā ʻano he nui. ʻAʻole koho mau ka noho ʻana me kahi keiki me Down syndrome. ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana a me nā ana diagnostic a mākou i wehewehe ai i kekahi manawa kōkua i ka wehewehe ʻana i kēia koho. Inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e hele i mua me ka hāpai ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomākaukau mua ʻana i nā mea e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i ke keiki, i hiki ai iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa iā ʻoe iho a hele i kahi ola e like me ka hiki.

Nui nā poʻe me Down's syndrome e ola piha a hauʻoli. Eia naʻe, pono lākou i ke kōkua i kēlā me kēia lā i ka nui o nā hihia. ʻAʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā no ka maʻi maʻi Down, akā ʻo ka noiʻi a mākou i wehewehe ai e hāʻawi i ka manaʻolana no ke kīnā ʻole.

ʻO ka mea me ka maʻi maʻi Down e koi pono i ka nānā mau ʻana e mālama i nā pilikia o ka maʻi. Paipai au i nā kipa maʻamau i kahi pediatrician hiki ke kāhea aku i nā mea lapaʻau ʻē aʻe he nui, a me nā physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, psychologists a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe.

ʻO ka hope, ke aʻo ikaika nei au i nā mākua e kiʻi i ke kōkua a me ke kākoʻo mai nā hui a me nā hui i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no kēia maʻi.

Kauka Jacques Allard MD FCMFC