Graham is a committee member of Cork Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association, a voluntary organisation made up of parents of children with the disability or members with Spina Bifida. The Cork Association of Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus helped us out with their support and helped us financially as well. “When Calvin was born, we didn’t know what Spina Bifida was; we’d never heard of it.”The couple gathered valuable information and support from the association. Isolation can be a factor dealing with a disability both for families and for the person with Spina Bifida. In about 90% of people with Spina Bifida, the alteration of the brain’s development causes hydrocephalus.

Source: Evening echo October 16, 2018 11:15 UTC