she tells us 0ksana can't speak because of severe learning disabilities. but halyna makes a connection. she says, in a full sentence, that her toe hurts. and just like that, 0ksana, a child the nurse says is without intellect, is holding a conversation. we've heard this a lot, when a doctor says there's no intellect here, the child is nonverbal, they cannot say a phrase or a sentence. they can only use separate words or sounds. and then, i come talk to her — she says her name, she says then that her she has a headache. she asks me if i have a headache.