Members' magazine

HemiHelp produces a quarterly members' magazine, where you can read other people's experiences of hemiplegia, learn useful hints and tips for doing things one handed and find out about the latest in everything from gadgets to research studies.

To receive our magazine regularly, you need to be a member of HemiHelp. Join HemiHelp now

Issue 72 (Winter 2009): School and work life  

Features include:

• Personal and professional accounts of hemiplegia at school, college and work
• Useful school equipment
• Extra-curricular activities
• Statementing explained
• IT for special educational needs
• ... and much, much more

Issue 71 (Autumn 2009): Treatment and research

  
Features include:

• A personal account of electrical stimulation therapy
• The latest alternative therapy from America - Camp Superkids
• A personal account of Botox
• An overview of hemiplegia and the latest advancements in treatment and research
• A personal account of tendon surgery
• The role of the Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist in your child's treatment
• ... and much, much more

Issue 70 (Summer 2009): Hemiplegia around the world  

  
Features include:

• Hemiplegia around the UK (HemiHelp's local groups)
• Hemiplegia around the world - meet some of HemiHelp's international members
• HemiHelp's international links - organisations in France and Germany
• Our latest parents' conference and children's workshop
• A selection of one-handed hints
• Our latest drama workshop for children and young people with hemiplegia
• ... and much, much more

Issue 69 (Spring 2009): Supporting parents and carers

Features include:

• An interview with Paralympians Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis
• Parents' survey: the findings
• Stress management for parents and carers
• Supporting families at home
• Supporting parents and young people online
• HemiHelpline
• The 2009 Children Helping Children concert
• ... and much more

Issue 68 (Winter 2008): Over 16s

  Features include:

• Over 16s Issue: Teenagers and adults share their experiences of living with hemiplegia 
• Summary of the results of HemiHelp's Over 16s survey
• Meet the Trustees
• Personal accounts of volunteering, going to university and work experience placements
• Relationships and parenthood
• Physiotherapy in adulthood
• Benefits at age 16+
• Cambridge Professionals Conference report
• Englefield Fun Day report 

Issue 67 (Autumn 2008): Children and young people speak out

 Features include:

• Children and young people living with hemiplegia speak out
• First hand accounts of school, taking part in activities, having an operation and driving
• Parents and siblings' perspectives
• Balance training stabilisers
• How ballet helped one member's hemiplegia
• Edinburgh Fun Day report

Issue 66 (Summer 2008): Professionals

Features include:

• Professionals: a guide to the people who work with hemiplegia
• Occupational Therapy (OT) and Special Needs
• Speech and language therapy
• Botulinum toxin treatment
• NEW! First installment of "Samantha's World", a fictional serial about a woman with hemiplegia

Issue 65 (Spring 2008): One Handed Hints

Features include:

• One Handed Hints (tips on using shopping trolleys and carrier bags, skipping and bathing)
• Educational issues for children with hemiplegia
• Sources of support: home visiting services, helpline, Local Groups
• Should you tell a potential employer about your disability?
• Recipe for success: tips on one handed cooking

Issue 64 (Winter 2007): Complementary therapies

Features include:

• The Bowen Technique
• Cranial Osteopathy
• Craniosacral Therapy
• Yoga for children with hemiplegia
• The Feldenkrais Method
• One Handed Hints

Issue 63 (Autumn 2007): Grants and benefits

Features include:

• How will I cope financially? A guide to disability benefits by the Director of the Special Needs Information Point
• Could you be eligible for a Family Fund grant?
• Edinburgh Conference for Parents - a write-up on the conference with details on research into hemiplegia and handedness, and being a parent of a child with additional support needs
• Introducing Charlotte - our new, 16-year-old columnist

Issue 62 (Summer 2007): Music

Features include:

• HemiHelp Music Workshops: hemiplegia, harmony and a haunted house!
• Children Helping Children - photos from February's fantastic fundraising concert
• Helping children to reach their potential - a feature on Musical Keys, a Norfolk charity offering musical activities to children with special needs
• Jake's a superhero! - a profile of Jake Waby, a young musician who has right hemiplegia
• "It may not be as fast, but my rhythm is just as good" - a young woman with hemiplegia talks about how music has become a passion in her life.

Issue 61 (Spring 2007): Holidays

Features include:

• Holidaying with hemiplegia
• Getting off to a flying start: tips for a good flight
• Travel insurance - what to look for
• Special educational needs and statementing
• Occupational therapy
• Happy campers: going to the Reading Festival as a disabled ticket holder

Read Achieving independence: Occupational therapy for children with hemiplegia, an article from Issue 61

Issue 60 (Winter 2006): Behaviour

Features include:

• The stresses that can't be seen: Dr Ian Frampton talks about why children with hemiplegia often have behaviour problems
• Update on Glasgow conference for professionals
• Review of Crawley conference for parents
• Letter from America: The first column in a regular series of dispatches from the USA.
• It's not the end of the world: a 23-year-old gives her perspective on the frustrations of growing up with hemiplegia.

Read The stresses that can't be seen, an article from Issue 60.

Issue 59 (Autumn 2006): Transition

Features include:

• How children are supported through the many stages of education
• One student's mixed experience of support in further and higher education
• 'The stroke that changed my life'
• Learning to balance and ride a bike