Inaugural A Child Can Do All Things luncheon and fashion show to benefit children with motor disabilities

by PegNews wire

DALLAS — A Child Can Do All Things (ACCDAT) will host its inaugural spring luncheon and fashion show, themed “Hope for a Brighter Tomorrow,” on Wednesday, March 5, at the Dallas Country Club. The event is benefiting ACCDAT, an organization that has been helping children who are challenged with motor disabilities, such as Cerebral Palsy, learn self-care skills and independent movement.

ACCDAT has been working with children who were told they might never walk learn to do so by using a unique form of teaching called Conductive Education. Based on the adaptive powers of the brain and neurological system, the teachers or “conductors” at ACCDAT work with each child on the basics of walking, transitioning and even self-feeding, helping them gain independence and build self-esteem. This one-on-one method of instruction is giving children the opportunity to grow socially, cognitively, and physically in small group classes in a caring environment.

“The ‘Hope for a Brighter Tomorrow’ luncheon is all about its name,” shares Brian Hall, co-founder of ACCDAT, board president and event honorary chair. “This organization is hope for families and children to achieve more independence through therapy. These children are like other kids in every way except their bodies struggle to move. Conductive Education through repetitive movement shows children they can make their body work!”

ACCDAT’s mission is to operate a non-profit organization that enables children with motor disabilities to reach their highest level of independence and achieve successful integration into society. Conductive Education helps children learn to function independently with repetitive movement and education. The program nurtures emotional, social and cognitive needs while addressing motor function. The process helps its students realize self-reliance through high expectations and a unique approach to therapy.

Four of the ACCDAT’s students will be in the luncheon fashion show. They are Dallas residents Katherine Hall, Elizabeth Crouch, Madison Scott and Plano resident Ashley Simmons. Each child had very limited motor ability prior to therapy but have since experienced great improvement. The fashion show will feature friends, brothers and sisters of those enrolled in the program. The four young ladies will walk across the stage to represent the hope that ACCDAT children and their families share.

“When you go from seeing your child struggling to roll over to walking with a cane, your heart leaps,” says Julie Hall, event honorary chair and co-founder of ACCDAT. “As a mom this is hope. It offers a chance at the life that you expected for your child. Conductive Education therapy gives this to our child and to us. That’s all we want - the possibility of Katherine reaching self-independence and the opportunity to give it to her.”

Source: ACCDAT