Anna Potiomkina

Ella, Me and Disability Anna Potiomkina

When Ella was sixteen month old she was diagnosed with Global Developmental Delay. At the age of four she was diagnosed with Autism. In the beginning I trusted doctors with Ella's health and blindly followed all their instructions. I had a great respect for a modern medicine. The result of such trust is that my daughter had two unnecessary surgeries. It took a while until I fully realised what it meant to have a disabled child... If you are going through the same rough time in your life now, just spare few minutes: only my strong belief that my experience might be of help to some of you made me write our story.