Good news from Uganda

January - C in the chair that was a model one for the APT course run for HoCePa in Uganda

Despite the temporary strap he was going to play and reached for the doll - 

Reaching................................................Achieving!

This little boy came with his grandmother to the APT course. He has cerebral palsy with fluctuating tone and had difficulty sitting and standing. He also has two great assets; as you can see from the photographs, he is really interested in being busy playing and he has a grandmother who is active and creative in his development.

On the course he was a great model and full of life. Joy thinks of him fondly, " he was a scamp; he had a chair but really wanted to stand".

There was an APT standing board so Renate, a physiotherpist who was helping on the course,

let him try it to assess him. He had 'dancing feet' and struggled to keep them down, mainly due to the lack of support in the standing board (he needed a higher support, less width and a tray to bring his weight forward over his base). 

His grandmother like the others was learning APT step-by-step and was making a chair for him.

On the last day they cut out the pieces for a standing frame for C. She took them home and make it there. 

Grandmother and the standing frame pieces on the last day of the course

She manged to email some photos today

July - C at home playing and sitting in his chair made by his grandmother

C - Standing and playing!
The lovely big tray for the chair is being used to give a play area when standing.
Congratulations to a wonderful grandmother and grandson.