2012-01-24 14:04![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
melluransa
melluransaThis had me almost bawling like a baby in class today. On the days my teacher doesn't teach, she works as a speech therapist at a children's hospital in St. Louis. Today in class we were talking about muscle spasticity like children with cerebral palsy have, and she remembered this event and video that happened at the children's hospital. She showed us the girl's muscle movements as an example, but we all ended up oohing and aahing over the event itself.
Apparently, this girl loves when her physical therapist puts the radio on and does silly dances. The girl has normal mental capacities, remember, but her muscles are spastic. Whenever she moves a body part intentionally, spasms knock her whole body out of control. ANYWAY she likes dancing and so the PT organized a flash mob to happen. AWWWW LOOK AT HER FACE! She's smiling so hard it's throwing her face into a spastic grimace sometimes. And she claps and AWW. My heart~
I want to work there. I've been there, it's super nice and totally not like a hospital at all. There are no white walls or right angles anywhere, everything is colorful. There's a basketball hoop in the lobby, for goodness sakes. FUN CENTRAL. Perfect place for kids who need a little cheering up.
Apparently, this girl loves when her physical therapist puts the radio on and does silly dances. The girl has normal mental capacities, remember, but her muscles are spastic. Whenever she moves a body part intentionally, spasms knock her whole body out of control. ANYWAY she likes dancing and so the PT organized a flash mob to happen. AWWWW LOOK AT HER FACE! She's smiling so hard it's throwing her face into a spastic grimace sometimes. And she claps and AWW. My heart~
I want to work there. I've been there, it's super nice and totally not like a hospital at all. There are no white walls or right angles anywhere, everything is colorful. There's a basketball hoop in the lobby, for goodness sakes. FUN CENTRAL. Perfect place for kids who need a little cheering up.
