For this post I looked for information about spina bifida and I found two different videos that I wanted to share with you.
The first one explains John’s trajectory from the point of view of his family and some professionals working with him. Their parents explain how were the first days of John’s life and a little about his childhood. In this video we can also learn more about what spina bifida is and see some techniques that are used to achieve that the muscles of children are strengthened so they can be more autonomous. In addition, we can also see some robotic equipment that is used to help the child.
In the second video, we can see four different experiences of people with spina bifida, some are explained by parents and the others from the point of view of the person affected. I think this video can help us realize that there are less limitations than we think and that sometimes we are the ones that put them. As Julia said in her post, we as future psychologists should raise expectations towards children with special needs instead of reducing it because they are able to do a lot of things although sometimes they use different ways than the usual (but no less efficient) to achieve it.
Judit Capell
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