Debra Moore Associates in conjunction with Sarah Clayton and Postural Care CIC are delighted to announce the launch of a new e-learning course for Postural Care. 

What is Postural Care?

 People who find it hard to move are most at risk of developing body shape distortions, children with cerebral palsy would be an example of this or older people who may have experienced a stroke. This is because they often sit and lie in limited positions.

Postural care is about using the right equipment and positioning techniques to help protect and restore body shape. The earlier the intervention, the better - but it is never too late to start protecting someone's body shape. 

To find out more please either follow this link to the Debra Moore Associates eLearning Zone

Peter Limbrick writes: The quick-and-easy communication systems in our homes, offices, nurseries and schools come at a cost. A colleague of mine, campaigning against a proposed mast close to their child’s school, was told by a representative of O2 that it will be 30 years before we know the extent of damage to public health.

This complacent attitude, shared by most governments, condemns our children to pay for our gambling. Below is an introduction to the up-dated Bioinitiative Report. The Report is an antidote to government blindness and the communication industry's propaganda.

A new report by the BioInitiative Working Group 2012 says that evidence for risks to health has substantially increased since 2007 from electromagnetic fields and wireless technologies (radiofrequency radiation). The Report reviews over 1600 new scientific studies. Cell phone users, parents-to-be, young children and pregnant woman are at particular risk.

There is a consistent pattern of increased risk for glioma (a malignant brain tumour) and acoustic neuroma with use of mobile and cordless phones says Lennart Hardell, MD at Orebro University, Sweden. “Epidemiological evidence shows that radiofrequency should be classified as human carcinogen. The FCC/IEEE and ICNIRP public safety limits and reference levels are not adequate to protect public health.”

A dozen new studies link cell phone radiation to sperm damage. Even a cell phone in the pocket or on a belt may harm sperm DNA, result in misshapen sperm, and impair fertility in men. Laptop computers with wireless internet connections can damage DNA in sperm.

Based on strong evidence for vulnerable biology in autism, EMF/RFR can plausibly increase autism risk and symptoms.

While we aggressively investigate the links between autism disorders and wireless technologies, we should minimize wireless and EMF exposures for people with autism disorders, children of all ages, people planning a baby, and during pregnancy,” says Martha Herbert, MD, PHD.

Wireless devices such as phones and laptops used by pregnant woman may alter brain development of the fetus. This has been linked in both animal and human studies to hyperactivity, learning and behaviour problems.

Here is the report in full 

Srabani Sen, Chief Executive of Contact a Family, says: 

"We welcome many aspects of the Education Select Committee report. In particular the committee's recommendation that entitlement to integrated support and Education Health and Care Plans should be extended to disabled children, with or without SEN, is key to making the reforms work for all families with disabled children. 

"We share the committee's concerns that there should be a stronger obligation on health agencies to offer support to disabled children and their families. We were disappointed that they stopped short of recommending that health agencies should have the same legal requirements to support disabled children as in education. 

"Contact a Family knows that ensuring parents are at the heart of the reforms is another crucial aspect to making them work and welcome the committee's recommendation to involve parents in the design of local offers." 

"Contact a Family is also pleased that the committee has recommended that there be no compulsory mediation. This is a key concern for Contact a Family as we think compulsory mediation could place vulnerable families at a disadvantage. It's important that families already facing challenges aren't put under greater pressure when they are only trying to secure the right outcome for their child."

 And from NDCS -

Following a report by an influential parliamentary committee, NDCS is calling on the Department for Education in England to pause to ensure that proposed new laws will genuinely benefit deaf children and to take action to protect the very services needed to deliver these reforms.