By Lizzie Guinness | Programme Manager
Diya is 3 years old. She was born prematurely and went straight to the Intensive Care Unit after her birth. She had a lot of health problems as a baby, and the doctors identified that she had developmental delayed disabilities. Diya was under medication for four months and was regularly in hospital. Her parents were advised to enrol her in a rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities. They visited various centres and fees were too high for them to afford. Her parents had lost hope that their daughter could ever be treated.
Another relative, living in a different village, came to hear about our daycare centre through an awareness-raising camp. She passed on Diya's name and the centre then contacted her parents to ask if they would like to enrol her. On their initial registration visit, they initially could not believe that all the services provided were free of cost.
Diya has now been at the centre for six months and is making great progress against her developmental milestones. Speech therapy has helped her to improve the time, pitch and volume in her speech. Extensive physiotherapy has enabled her to improve her motor neurone skills. She can now pull herself upright, walk about a room with support, overcome simple obstacles and can walk up stairs unassisted.
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