A body in the world In Part 1 of this blog, I wrote about spasticity. I wrote that spasticity is a neuromuscular condition that impacts every movement my daughter contemplates in her little 2.5 year old life. It’s a condition that makes her very cross sometimes because her body won’t let her do what she …
This blog has been brewing for a while. It was motivated initially as a discussion on the treatment of spasticity in cerebral palsy. SuperLily, in the first instance, is a blog to provide parents with a parent-sided perspective about raising a child with CP. It was also driven by a desire to talk about what “spasticity” …
You can listen to this Podcast on Anchor.fm or Spotify. The transcript follows below. ROBYN Welcome to the third episode of the SuperLily Podcast. Today I am so excited to welcome Nicole Hilburn, who is an experienced paediatric physiotherapist, and who we have been lucky to work with initially in South Africa and subsequently via …
Episode 3 of the SuperLily Podcast is now available Read More »
This blog takes its inspiration from a recent Instagram post by @thefightingirishmartins. This is a fantastic blog written by Michelle Martin, the mum of twins born at 27 weeks, who is passionate about raising awareness primarily about the syndrome that precipitated their early birth, and also post-IVH hydrocephalus. Michelle’s Instagram post had a roaring response from …
Last week Lily turned 2. I asked my sister, Sally Evans, an accomplished journalist and editor, to write a guest blog in celebration of this milestone. ________ And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe …
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