Cuts in Special Education are not the only memoranda in a health structure. Behind them too, Nevertheless, hidden stories of children with disabilities who are forced together with their parents and therapists to achieve small everyday miracles. It is no coincidence that at last Monday's gathering parents took to the streets together with the professional scientists who offer Special Education services. The Nation’ visited a center for children with developmental and learning disabilities and spoke with parents and therapists, who shared their anxieties and fears about the new regime that will govern the Special Education services. Penelope Alexiou is the mother of twin girls with typical development, at the age of 14 years, and a 12-year-old boy on the autism spectrum. My son, Vasilis, he is a non-verbal child: it has no speech but only speech through images'. It was just 18 Vassilis was months old when his parents realized that something was wrong. He was sitting under a table for three months, he did not go out or communicate with anyone in the area. He was standing in a corner and hitting a ball. You were going after him, you were breaking a balloon and he didn't turn around to see what was happening around him'. Golgothas began with the official diagnosis, but also the small and big miracles’ in Basil's daily life, as his mother confesses. Fortunately we discovered it early. We turned to a center and started speech therapy, occupational therapies, treatments with psychologists etc. I currently have a child 12 years old who has a sense of humor, he laughs, he is happy. Yes, it is non-verbal, but he talks with pecs as the pictorial system that helps him communicate is typically called'.Continue at source ...