When Small Steps Feel Like Mountains: Hitansh’s Journey Forward

Five-year-old Hitansh does not yet run across the room when his name is called. But his parents have learned to read the quiet language of his eyes, his gestures, his determination.

Step by steady step, they are building independence where others once saw limits due to his diagnosis of CTNNB1 gene syndrome — and what is unfolding is more hopeful than they imagined.