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THE CHILD DISABILITY PARENTS ASSOCIATION
In the Child Disability Parents Association, there is room for everyone who has a disability, or are parents of a child with a disability. The organisation is independent of diagnosis, and therefore it helps many different people with different backgrounds and life conditions. The Child Disability Parents Association (in Norwegian; HBF) is an interest group for children with disabilities and their families. HBF is independent of diagnoses and embraces all kinds of disabilities. The organisation is run by volunteers and is a section of the Norwegian Association of Disabled. HBF works nationally, as well as locally. POLITICAL KEY ISSUES Nationally, HBF addresses issues of...
WHAT ARE TREAX PADS?
The coloured Treax Pads make up a training system that was originally developed for people with neurological difficulties. Later we have found that the pads give good results for many different users. Treax Pads are part of a technological training tool that can be used by many different people with many different needs. Treax Pads contain the pad system that can be used for training of coordination, balance and reactivity. They are versatile and can be used on the floor or mounted on a wall, so that the user can choose to train either arms or legs. Treax Pads were developed especially...
HAPPY REHAB – THREE STORIES
When Martin Hjort developed Happy Rehab, he wanted to create a tool that could help children with cerebral palsy. Later it turned out that many others can benefit from Happy Rehab; children and adults with other diagnoses, as well as persons with no actual diagnoses who need training of specific joints. We have spoken with three users of Happy Rehab who all have different backgrounds and needs. ELISE MATHILDE, 6 YEARS – CEREBRAL PALSY When Elise Mathilde was three years old, a physiotherapist discovered that Elise Mathilde’s balance difficulties were caused by the fact that she had cerebral palsy. ”It was almost a...
HAPPY REHAB HELPS CHILDREN IN STENDALEN
At the nursery school, Stendalen, in Fredericia there is room for everyone. The nursery school has 68 children from the ages 0-6 years, 30 of whom have disabilities. Among these children, there are children with autism, syndromes, muscle diseases, and children with cerebral palsy. The children have different individual needs. In addition to nursery school teachers, there are physiotherapists and one occupational therapist. They are responsible for seeing that the children’s physical disabilities are taken into consideration in daily school life, and that they receive the help they need to develop their physical potential. The nursery school uses different tools to provide...