Ashley is born with several disabilities that challenge him in everyday life. One is dystonia, a disability in children and adults that causes abnormal movements. He also has reduced muscle tone, which means he has difficulty walking and keeping his balance. Furthermore, his feet also pronate, which gives him back pain and poor posture.
Unfortunately, these challenges also affect Ashley’s breathing. He quickly becomes short of breath and has problems with nutrition and his heart, which also means that he is petite for his age.
There are many challenges for a young boy, but he has made it through the lower level classes and is now ready for 7th grade despite dystonia in children.
However, he needs a VELA chair to help him through the school day more easily.
Ashley goes to school every day, but it is not without its problems. Muscle weakness in children, or low muscle tone, often has a lot of back and joint pain, which is also the case for Ashley. The pain is a result of his disability, but there are also certain things at school that aggravate the situation for Ashley – but no one had been aware of this.
It was only when Ashley’s therapist visited him at school that they realised that they could do something to reduce his pain and make school far more bearable for him.
When Ashley’s therapist entered the classroom, he saw Ashley sitting on a completely ordinary chair behind a completely regular desk – not a good idea for muscle weakness in children.
It became abundantly clear that he should have a special needs chair from VELA to alleviate the pain he faced daily. In addition, people with reduced muscle tone need to be well-supported in their sitting position.
With his VELA chair, Ashley is now completely ready to take on 7th grade.
The chair from VELA has provided Ashley with the support he needs throughout the school day. Instead of having constant pain in his back and joints due to, e.g. dystonia disability, the chair ensures that Ashley can have breaks and save more energy during the day.
Ashley uses his newfound energy to socialise with his friends – because now he has the energy and strength for school and friends.
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