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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The CIC team recently tested their new surfing products at Poppit Sands in Pembrokeshire. The team has developed a Tandem Surf Board and a Surf Access Vehicle (SAV) for use by surfers who could not use conventional surfing equipment so easily. In collaboration with Tonic Surf Therapy and Walkin’ on Water Surf School, the CIC
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Surf access vehicle: SAV One of the new products being pioneered by CIC this summer has been the new Surf Access Vehicle (SAV). Being developed in conjunction with Surf Tonic, a West Wales based surf school which specialises in surfing for people with various conditions, the SAV is aimed at transporting people from the car
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Sales of the brilliant GoTo seat are raising money for Cerebra. We have kept you up to date with the development of one of our Innovation Centre’s design exploits – the joint venture between Leckey and ourselves to develop the Goto Seat. Because the original design idea was ours we have a contract with Leckey called
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Cerebra have teamed up with James Leckey Design to develop and design a new and exciting lightweight portable postural support seat for Special Needs children under the Firefly brand. The GoTo Seat is special for Leckey Design because it is the company’s first Firefly product. The new Firefly brand has been designed to operate alongside
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