Girl Guides – 17 November 2013

Your imagination is one of your greatest gifts. It allows you to become anyone you want, it’s where the impossible becomes possible and the quietest of voices can be heard.   It’s where lime green houses with pink polka dots make perfect sense and in fact an ordinary brick house seems decidedly out of place. […]

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Aware Bears – Harold Visits Limpopo

Thank you so much for inviting us here today. How wonderful it is to see a school like Mitchell House celebrating disability and creating awareness around disabilities and the challenges of people living with them. It is seldom you find schools such as yours embracing and including people living with disabilities into the mainstream and […]

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St. Josephs – Helen’s Visit – May 2014

Thank you so much for inviting us here today and how wonderful it is to see a school like St Josephs celebrating disability week by creating awareness around disabilities and the challenges of people living with them. It is seldom you find schools such as yours embracing and including people living with disabilities into the […]

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Elizabeth Stewart

When asked to write this piece I found it exceptionally difficult to see myself or my story as inspirational so this is a new perspective for me. But as I am putting things on paper this is what I would like to share.   Growing up with cerebral palsy in an environment where there was […]

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National Cerebral Palsy Conference – May 2013

Some may argue what relevance a bear called Helen with Hemiplegia could have and what possible difference could she make to the lives of those living with cerebral palsy and their families. My answer to these critics would be this…   Helen represents Hope. She represents the opportunity for families and friends to have a […]

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