Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29
Fun and Therapeutic,
Merged inc Children /,
'FairyIand' Clinic

Fair yIand' Clinic
MEANWHILE. Pa, July 10.
tfJANA) A .fairyland' clinic
for handicapped children here
has no equal. Youngsters cry to
be admitted and don't want to
leave when their treatment u
finished.
The clinic, operated BY the
Niagara Research Foundation.
admits spastic. cerebral palsy
and muscular dystrophy victims
for free clinical evaluation. It
had an official opening last
week. to permit the public to see
what Is being done here.
There is nothing Of an Inn
personal. bleak. hospital atmos-
phere about the center. Instead.
the doors open on . veritable
fairyland. Bright. gaily deco
rated rooms have childhood
fantasies painted on the walls
in brilliant colors. Toys to glad
den young hearts are every
where.
Here Is an airplane. big
enough to seat an adventurous
pilot. There Is 3 steamboat that
really steams, toots q whistle
and plays "Oh, Savanna" A
miniature train waits for pas
sengers. Young cowboys can ride
several mechanical hobby
horses.
A fanciful bridge has Gagged
parakeets alongside. Push q butt
ton and q cats eyes light up. An-
other button Is the sesame to
Woody the Woodpecker. Comic
mosquitoes hang from the ceil-
ing. carrying n the doctors
satchel.
All this provides . lot Of fun
and o lot of treatment. Each toy
Is designed specially to exercise
therapeutically the muscles OF
the spastic. cerebral palsy and
muscular dystrophy children
who come here.
The Jet machine treats the
lower extremities. The steam
boat exercises knee joints and
ankles. The hobby horse relaxes
and strengthens the muscles Of
the legs and back. The bridge
is . walking plane that teaches
spastics to walk and helps cor
rect walking abnormalities.
M;nir,,,,, - Eat;~ue
An entireiy new concept an
treatlne uiSaDieo cniioren, tne
equlpment gives maximum
amount OF muscle reiaxation ana
StiInuiatlOn Wltn 2 MINIMUM
amount OF fatigue. Another IN
novation Is the reward Tor ef-
Tort plan. ~ may ne dimcult
10 STAND up ana push q button
Dut when the cats eyes light up
as q result. the exertion IS worth
the enort. This Is the theory De-
nind manipulating all the toys
mere.
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| vnice HE left side was naralv1ad
with rest and nodern DRUGS Dr
r.onnor MAJ. : rartial rsccvarv
Given onIv 1--WE mnre vears r.
| work DR. connor makes every
minute count
During the n,nnths ~ his CON-
valescence mr. Conner starta,,
thinking aho,,t thA herd,cerre.;
| children II his own comn,,nitv
There was no niace Ia treat
them in Meadville Few parents
Could afford to send them n
| medical centers in the laroe
| cities. Those who were able
| often found that the strange an
| impersonal SURROUNDINGS frirht-
ened their children and de-
pressed and eiiscourared them
selves
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