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Without Your Commitment & Support, Ellie Cant Get To America.
Ellie Poppy Duffy (Eloise) is 9 years old and lives in Salford Manchester. Her medical diagnosis's are ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder), a chromosome abnormality and severe learning disability.
Ellie Poppy was born at 24 weeks gestation and weighed just only 1lb 6 oz's. It was a miracle she survived her early life and the doctors were certain that she wouldnt survive all her problems. She was just the size of a mans hand. Because of being so small and precious, she lived in the Special Care Baby Unit at Hope Hospital in Salford for over 6 month's until she was stable enough to come home and be part of the family. She has coped with an awful amount of difficulty for such a young child, but step by step she is reaching her own milestones with the love and support from her family, teachers in Salford and supporter's around her.
Ellie Poppy suffers from major speech & language difficulties, she is trying so hard to make a word sound like a word and also to use sign language in communicating her needs. So with positive support in encouraging her to learn to be assertive and to learn how to ask for what she wants from others, in a few more years, she may be able to hold a conversation??? We hope so much that she can...
Ellie still wears nappies and is doubly incontinent. To toilet train Ellie, is a complex and very long program we persist at but were only making tiny breakthrough's. Your support will enable Ellie to have an intensive program of toilet training with persistence, determination and hope that we can achieve this goal to enable her dignity and independence for now and her older years which will lessen her dependence of support as she grows older.
We continue to fund raise for her so we, as a family can give Ellie every opportunity in her young life the best help and support affordable, to overcome these major obstacles to the best of her ability.
News: Ellie spent two weeks with Dr Janet Flowers in August 2011. Janet worked with Ellies facial muscles, vocals and pronounciation. Thank you so much for this years support.
Care Direct Salford Support Worker Stephen Stanley will be jumping out of a plane at 14.000f. Due to recent weather conditions, Steve's jump is postponed until a safer date.
Please support Stephen by donating through the donate page. His target is £500.
12th February if weather is safe!
Our 2012 Target is £10,000
Please Make This Become Achieveable For Eloise
A big thank you from all of Ellies family.
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