News posts since 2008
From Louisa: Playskill has been invaluable for Neville’s physical and emotional development. When he started his first term, he was a very anxious and frightened little boy, with no strength in his core, back or neck. Since joining Playskill, we have seen him blossom into a happy and sociable little […]
A month ago Jesse and I met a neonatal neurologist at UCLH hospital in London. She approached us, said hello to Jesse and burst into tears! Rewind to nearly 3 years earlier and in that same building my husband and I were told, after a rather long ultrasound scan, that […]
Good evening everyone. I am not great with public speaking so please bear with me! My name is Sumayya, and my daughter Safiya and I have been attending Playskill for just under a year. So just to give you a little background about Safiya… After an uneventful pregnancy, Safiya was […]
From Laura: “Playskill has had a huge impact on my Son and me and I don’t know what we’d do without them. My Son had no trust for anyone and hated being in group situations, but since starting Playskill his social skills have improved tremendously while making huge progress with his […]
Hi, my name is Sally and myself, Hector and Alice go to the Hemel Playskill group every Friday afternoon. My son, Hector, has IDIC 15 a rare chromosome condition that means he has more Chromosome 15 material than you or I. However to me that’s just a label, what this […]
Suzannah’s Speech Our son Freddie was born with a rare neurological condition called congenital bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria. With only about 1 – 200 cases diagnosed worldwide – still so little is known about the people affected with it. We were told during our pregnancy that we were to have a […]
Michelle’s Speech Hi everyone. For those who don’t know me, I’m Michelle. I have two wonderful children – Charlotte, who is 4, and Tom, who is 2 and has Down’s Syndrome…. and another little one due in April, as if life isn’t busy enough! I remember when I was pregnant […]
Jane’s Speech Hi, my name is Jane and I’m mum to Eleanor who turned 2 6 weeks ago. Here’s our journey to Playskill. As an expectant new mum, the wrong side of 35, but under 40!, I had a very smooth pregnancy – no morning sickness, no chronic heart […]
Connie’s Speech: My name is Connie, and my daughter Aalaeya is 2 and a half and has been attending the Watford AM group for about a year and a half. Aalaeya has an undiagnosed condition, which exhibits symptoms such as tremors, or ataxic movements, hypotonia (low muscle tone particularly in […]
Julie’s speech: For those that don’t know me, I am Julie and I have a little boy with hemiplegia. It’s a form of cp and affects the left side of his body. I knew from early on that there was something not quite right with him but lots of people […]