If we had good quality local services, it would make a huge amount of difference to our family. There wouldn't be the financial hardship. We would be emotionally stronger, and more united. We...
>> Person 1 [shouting]: That's it! Nice, strong. >> Nicki May: I took up the challenge because the Cerebral Palsy Alliance is a great organization and they do...
Tessa is blind and has Hydrocephalus (fluid in her brain). When we rescued her, Tessa couldn't walk or hold her head up. After just three weeks of medical treatment and rehab, Tessa has made...
We've been here twice for the Spina bifida Program, but, I've run into issues along the way, with, our son, Ethan, and, I was able to phone down and, come see someone, um, within,...
My role as a physiotherapist in the child development program is to assess clients gross motor skills or out there moving about using their big muscles groups. So, I look at skills such as their...

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Spina Bifida, also known as cleft spine is when there is incomplete closure of the spine before birth. This birth defect typically occurs by the sixth week of gestation and is the most common birth...

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I've dealt with the Spina Bifida Clinic and the Spina Bifida Clinic usually makes my orthotics or my braces and my RGO when I used to walk. It's an excellent place. The doctors, the...
>> Jessica: Hi, mom. >> This is your ultrasound day. [ Music ] >> Jessica: I thought the ultrasound that day was just to find out the sex of my baby. I was so...
My name is Ben Warf and I'm a pediatric neurosurgeon. I focus a lot on infants with hydrocephalus and spina bifida and other congenital anomalies. Hydrocephalus is a condition of the brain...
[ BABY CRIES ] I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS GONNA SEE HIM AGAIN. Narrator: NATURE'S DEADLIEST ORGANISMS. THIS INFECTION CAUSES BRAIN DAMAGE. Narrator: THEY CAN HIJACK OUR BODIES... I WANTED TO FEEL...