In 2005 we found a fantastic therapy centre in East Grinstead, Sussex called...
The Advance Centre.
Advance is a teaching institute for parents. Parents become students learning all the essential practices to continue the restorative work with their children at home.
From its creation in 1996, the charity has dedicated itself to finding a way to not only advance the abilities of children with cerebral palsy and other brain injuries, but to actually reverse the structural and functional abnormalities.
There is no doubt that the techniques at Advance have had a huge positive effect on Ben and his abilities.
Ben is very fortunate at the moment to receive some funding from a charity called Caudwell Children, which pays for the therapy costs for each visit. This funding expires at the end of 2011.
Excerpted from the Help Ben Fund website.
About Ben Talbot
Ben Talbot is now 12 and lives in Finedon, Northamptonshire.
Ben was 8 months old when we noticed that he wasn’t holding his head up in the same way our older children did when they were his age. We went to see our GP and very quickly found ourselves in the difficult and stressful world experienced by parents with a child who has disabilities.
Over the last 12 years, Ben has been seen by some of the country’s top consultants. Despite the many appointments in various hospitals and the huge amount of tests that have been carried out, no one in the medical profession can diagnose Ben’s condition. Whatever the cause, Ben’s problems are due to a brain abnormality. He has been given the label of ‘Global Development Delay’, which isn’t a diagnosis but a vague description of the day-to-day problems Ben faces.
Ben is unable to roll, crawl, stand or walk. He has learning difficulties and poor communication skills and no real speech. He relies on adults for all his personal care, feeding and mobility. He has problems with his balance, spatial awareness, coordination and gets worried when doing things out of his routine. He needs a wheelchair to get around in when outside and a special seating system to maintain his posture when indoors.
Ben is a very happy, cheeky and loving boy with an infectious laugh and smile, who melts the hearts of those who know him. He has a wonderful big sister and big brother who he loves and who help us to look after him. He loves to join in with whatever the rest of us are doing. As a consequence “what we do, Ben does” has become our motto. This has even led to Ben being pushed up a mountain in his wheelchair, which he loved!
For more information about Ben visit The Help Ben Fund website.
The Advance Centre.
From its creation in 1996, the charity has dedicated itself to finding a way to not only advance the abilities of children with cerebral palsy and other brain injuries, but to actually reverse the structural and functional abnormalities.
There is no doubt that the techniques at Advance have had a huge positive effect on Ben and his abilities.
Ben is very fortunate at the moment to receive some funding from a charity called Caudwell Children, which pays for the therapy costs for each visit. This funding expires at the end of 2011.
Excerpted from the Help Ben Fund website.
About Ben Talbot
Ben was 8 months old when we noticed that he wasn’t holding his head up in the same way our older children did when they were his age. We went to see our GP and very quickly found ourselves in the difficult and stressful world experienced by parents with a child who has disabilities.
Over the last 12 years, Ben has been seen by some of the country’s top consultants. Despite the many appointments in various hospitals and the huge amount of tests that have been carried out, no one in the medical profession can diagnose Ben’s condition. Whatever the cause, Ben’s problems are due to a brain abnormality. He has been given the label of ‘Global Development Delay’, which isn’t a diagnosis but a vague description of the day-to-day problems Ben faces.
Ben is unable to roll, crawl, stand or walk. He has learning difficulties and poor communication skills and no real speech. He relies on adults for all his personal care, feeding and mobility. He has problems with his balance, spatial awareness, coordination and gets worried when doing things out of his routine. He needs a wheelchair to get around in when outside and a special seating system to maintain his posture when indoors.
Ben is a very happy, cheeky and loving boy with an infectious laugh and smile, who melts the hearts of those who know him. He has a wonderful big sister and big brother who he loves and who help us to look after him. He loves to join in with whatever the rest of us are doing. As a consequence “what we do, Ben does” has become our motto. This has even led to Ben being pushed up a mountain in his wheelchair, which he loved!
For more information about Ben visit The Help Ben Fund website.
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