Cerebra - support for children who have Neurological conditions

Resource type: External Resources — Date posted: September 22nd, 2012 Number of views: 1420

This charity provides help and support that include;

They support children who have the following conditions;

Cerebral Palsy
Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Developmental disorders like global developmental delay, dyspraxia and learning disabilities.
Seizure disorders such as Epilepsy, west syndrome, lennox gastaut syndrome and dravet syndrome.
ADHD
Traumatic Brain Injury like head injury and shaken baby syndrome.
Acquired Brain Injury due to infections like encephalitis and meningitis, stroke, brain tumours, hypoxic event or haemorrhage.
Down syndrome and other Chromosomal/Genetic conditions - Some examples being Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome) and 18 (Edward syndrome), Fragile X, Angelman syndrome, Prader-willi syndrome, Cornelia de Lange, Rett syndrome, Williams syndrome and chromosome deletion disorders.
Brain Malformation/Abnormality like Agenesis of the corpus callosum, Dandy Walker syndrome, Arnold Chiari malformation, lissencephaly, microcephaly and macrocephaly.
Degeneration of the brain – Cerebral atrophy and Periventricular Leukomalacia for example.
Hydrocephalus
Conditions caused in utero such as Foetal alcohol syndrome or as the result of some sort of toxin.