Who We Help » Ella

Ella presents us with a different set of issues. She is blind, has severe cerebral palsy, and requires a great deal of structure and repetition to learn successfully.

She has been carefully supported by her family, in co-operation with Life of Your Own consultants, for her entire life.

The completion of her secondary school placement at 16 must not mark the end of her learning.

Life of Your Own supports Ella from her home following a community-based education programme which provides her with the information necessary to learn to actively participate in her whole life, encompassing, home, work and leisure.

This programme, involving her family and a team of well-trained support workers, operates within the rubric of our Gentle Teaching model

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