Six year old Imogen Ashwell-Lewis, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, reached the top of South Wales’ highest peak in a specially-modified four-wheeled mountain bike.
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The 2018 UWTSD Swansea Triathlon has come and gone for another year, but for Team Imogen this has been an incredible start to our adventures in 2018!
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In this article we take a look at our Legal Entitlements and Problem-Solving (LEaP) Project – why we started it, what we do, what we’ve achieved so far and the longer term impact of our work. Why we started the Project Disabled children and their families sometimes need extra support in order to have a
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Why our research is important for families? We are a research group focused on Fetal Medicine. Our main goal over the last 15 years has been to understand, identify and prevent brain injury during fetal life. One in ten children will suffer neurodevelopmental delays and learning disabilities. In about two thirds of these, brain injury
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Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) University of Warwick Cerebra Family Research Group “Strengthening families” Why our research is important One of the biggest influences on the development of all children is their family. Children with brain conditions are no different to all other children in this respect – their development is also
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Our LEaP Project helps Rhiannon get the continence supplies she needs and our template letter could help you to write to your local health board. Our Legal Entitlements and Problem-Solving (LEaP) Project supports families who are struggling to get access to health or social care services. Louise contacted us for help with getting continence products
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Louise French recently got in touch with us after she saw a Scooot Seat in action and knew it would be beneficial for her son Cameron. She told us their story. Cameron was my third baby. He was born a healthy little boy, brother to Harris and Alfie, he made my family complete. At 5 weeks
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Professor Chris Oliver explains his journey into research as well as the pioneering work of the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. “In 1981 I was training to be a clinical psychologist at the University of Edinburgh when the seminal documentary “Silent Minority” was aired on ATV. The content was a damning portrayal of abuse and
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The Cerebra Innovation Centre (CIC), along with the help of BSI (British Standards Institution) have taken the challenge to help a young boy with autism and a unique head shape to fulfil one of his dreams. 16 year-old Tommy-Lee from Brighton wanted to go horse riding with his friends but his unique head shape prevented him
Professor Richard Hastings is Professor of Psychology and Education and Cerebra Chair of Family Research in CEDAR at the University of Warwick.
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