Despite war, children with Down’s syndrome find cheer
When the first explosions sounded in Lutsk, a city in northwestern Ukraine, on February 24, Yulia and her son had nowhere to go. So they hid in the basement, where Yulia tried desperately to explain to her son, who has Down’s syndrome, what was going on. Nobody was ready for the war,” says Yulia, 37. “The biggest problem for kids like mine with…