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Therapies

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Brainwave Centre
Offers individually tailored exercises for children with brain injuries

Conductive Education
A holistic system of special education and intense physiotherapy

National Portage Association
Provides a home based education service for pre-school children with additional needs

The Bobath Centre
directed at children with cerebral palsy and teaches better posture and movement

Diary entries for Therapies

30 Jan 2007 - Failing to Deliver
Failing to deliver school based therapy services in Dorset

News entries for Therapies

A pill that can correct a wide range of faulty genes which cause crippling illnesses should be available within three years, promising a revolution in the treatment of thousands of conditions.
23 Apr 2007 - The Times Online

When news broke that a disabled American girl had been given radical treatment to prevent her growing up, it caused a furore. Here, in an edited extract from his blog, her father explains why the family did it.
05 Jan 2007 - The Guardian

Parents of a severely disabled girl in the US have revealed that they are keeping her child-sized in order to give her a better life.
05 Jan 2007 - BBC News

 

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