Useful Articles • Information Sheets • Web Links
The Erb’s Palsy Group hold a number of helpful and very useful information sheets which we hope will help you and your child.
The following can be obtained from Karen Hillyer.
Please send a large SAE to the address below stating which information sheets you require to: Erb's Palsy Group , 60 Anchorway Road, Coventry. Warwickshire CV3 6JJ
| Fact Sheet 1 | Obstetrical Erb's Palsy |
| Fact Sheet 2 | Nerve Grafts |
| Fact Sheet 3 | Shoulder Release. |
| Fact Sheet 4 | Latissimus Dorsi Tendon Transfer |
| Claiming Disability Living Allowance | |
| Claiming Invalid Care Allowance | |
| Attending a DLA Tribunal | |
| Obtaining your Maternity Records | |
| Staying In Hospital | Derby Childrens Hospital, Derby. |
| The Portland, London. | |
| Leeds General Infirmary (LGI), Leeds | |
| Making A Clinical Negligence Claim | |
| Toys and Equipment | |
| Information for schools | Nursery and Primary schools |
| Middle and Upper schools | |
| Preparing for secondary school tips for students | |
| Moving up to secondary school tips for parents | |
| One handed recorder | Becky tells us about son David's musical talent |
| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | A personal experience |
| Baby Massage | helping your baby feel secure and loved |
| Sensory Box | I really wanted to share with you all about our "Sensory Treasure Box" |
| Serial Casting | A mother tells us about her sons treatment |
| Breast Feeding a baby with Erb's Palsy | some tips on positioning your baby |
| Learning to Drive with Erb's Palsy | some helpful information for would be drivers |
| E Bay selling | want to help raise money for the group? |
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| Abilitynet | Organisation whose aim is to make the benefits of using computers available to disabled children and adults. |
| BetterWare | Direct sales company introducing a new range called Independent Living. Some useful items for poor hand grip etc. |
| Lakeland | Catalogue offering items to help make life that bit easier for disable adults and children |
| Raggy-tag Blankets | Raggy-tag blankets - sensory stimulating blankets for babies. |
| Savlon Plasters | for those clumsy little cherubs. Savlon ActivHeal speeds up the natural healing process |
| KidActive | (formerly HAPA) - National charity promoting play for children who have disabilities. |
| Snap Childcare | Provides Au Pairs,Respite Carers as well as Mother's help and Nannies. |
| Easy Fund Raising | For hassle free fundraising for our group, why not sign up with easy fundraising - simply sign up and select The Erb's Palsy Group as your nominated good cause and each time you shop online through easy fundraising, you're retailer will pay the group a percentage of your total spend at no extra cost to yourself. It's very easy - why not sign up now! |
| Everyclick | Search engine. Donates funds to your chosen Charity just by you using this search engine. |
| Justgiving | Easy way to donate and raise funds online. You can also produce a fundraising page for an event you need sponsorship for. JustGiving have some fabulous ideas for fun things to do to raise money. Or why not ask for a donation instead of a present for your next birthday. |
| Ableize | Disability directory of disabled and Health related sites offering advice products and health goods, services, social care and mobility aids under the convenient roof of one web site directory |
| Botox | Web site giving very informative advice on the Botox injections |
| Child Health Resources | Directory of Child Health related websites |
| MedLine | Search Results from the National Library of Medicine and PubMed |
| Patient UK | A directory of health, disease, and related websites from the UK. The site is edited by two GPs. |
| A difficult birth: | what is shoulder dystocia? |
| Family Fund Trust | Their purpose is to ease the stress on families in the UK who care for severely disabled children under 16, by providing grants and information related to the care of the child. |
| Kite Sport in Schools | Kite Sports in Schools is an organisation that arranges for Kite enthusiasts to visit schools to share the skills and benefits of Kite flying with students |
| Practical Parenting | Parenting Magazine offering practical advice from conception to pre-schoolers. Lots of interesting articles. |
| Waterskiing | If you fancy a go this site will give more information on the British disabled water-skiing association |
| Birth Trauma Association | The Birth Trauma Association, helping women traumatised by childbirth. Some people who suffer shoulder dystocia delivery also have a traumatic birth and vice versa. This site also has an article about the Erbs Palsy Group. |
| British Youth Council | The British Youth Council is the representative body for young people in the UK. An independent charity, run for and by young people it represents their views to central and local government, political parties, pressure groups and the media. |
| TBPIG | Trauma Brachial Plexus Injury Group |
| The Arthrogryposis Group | Link to the National Support Group for people affected by Arthrogryposis |
| SANDS | Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society |