Disabled champion heads for Italy

Wendy Evans loves to sail. She has competed in one world title, three international championships, six national championships, seven state titles and three master's games.

More work needed to aid disabled kids

The schools of the city of Milford — and of all municipalities — should bend over backwards to be as accommodating and understanding as possible toward the needs of handicapped students.

Space invaders

A family who have used a disabled bay outside their home in Coventry for the past 10 years were outraged when workmen arrived to make it smaller.



When I first heard this story from England. I couldn't believe it. In in America we are working hard to make our streets more accessible, and in this story there taking away. Of course, we don't know the full story, but it seems like there should have been a little more discussion. So the family of the little girl wouldn't have been caught off guard. But what you think?

Woman's turning back the clock on cerebral palsy

Debbie Brecker has climbed rocks, run in a 10K race, snow skied,
parachuted from an airplane and climbed the Great Wall of China. Not bad
for a woman born with cerebral palsy who has been in and out of physical
therapy her whole life.

An academic adviser and counselor at Broward Community College's Coconut
Creek campus, Brecker, 41, of Coconut Creek, owes her newfound
athleticism to a tough-love physical therapy routine called
neurodevelopmental treatment at HealthSouth Sunrise Outpatient Center.

News on Therapies for Depression Using Magnetic Stimulation of the Brain

Now a growing body of research suggests that new techniques such as
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) may offer less disruptive ways to use
electromagnetic energy against depression, schizophrenia, and other
psychiatric disorders, reports the August issue of the Harvard Mental Health
Letter.

The Harvard Mental Health Letter reports that:

More than 30 studies are now testing the potential of TMS for treating
a variety of conditions including stroke, Parkinson's disease, and
cerebral palsy.

The doctor who gives a new life to the celebral palsy children

Paediatricians must look for early warning signs

Ahmedabad-based orthopaedician Dr Dhiren Ganjwala has operated upon six chilldren suffering from cerebral palsy in the city. During his visit to the city organized by Aashirwaad, an NGO, dedicated to the cause of such children, Dr Ganjwala conducted operations voluntarily.

‘‘Our aim is to provide these children a normal living. I have had patients who were unable to even sit. After the operation, they can walk themselves. The younger the child, the better are the results of the operation.’

by Megha Mohan

Aquatic Therapy An Option For Reducing Pain

For most people, taking a dip in the pool is a way to get some exercise or cool off. But for those with disabilities, it can often mean an improvement in quality of life.At Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, aquatic therapy is making life better for the disabled.Cindy Bane's son, Travis, was born with cerebral palsy and was unable to speak, see or control his body. She worried about her son's rigid body and turned to aquatic therapy for help.

Riding out cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy makes movement tough for 11-year-old Ben Gibbs. The disorder made the Vienna boy's calf muscles so spastic he needed shots to keep them stretched, said his mother, Carla Sanchez.

But since starting a therapeutic horse riding program five years ago, he hasn't needed a single shot.