Over the past year James has undergone, as a result of very generous family support, both one on one and group private “early intervention” treatment. Funding for this is extremely costly and there is insufficient support available from the government - private healthcare does not cover any of his treatment. James' parents, Sonya and Simon have been informed that James needs as much weekly intense therapy as possible and that up until the age of four the brain is most receptive - so clearly we have to do all we can now.

From this intervention, Sonya and Simon have already begun to notice some improvements - although progress is slow.  We pray that James will continue to progress and hope that with this help he will eventually be able to speak and communicate with others on a basic level. With treatment, he has a greater opportunity to lead a relatively “normal life”, although realistically it is too early to say what the future holds for him.  His treatment has recently been increased as Sonya and Simon are aware there is less than a year until his fourth birthday and they wish to gain the maximum benefit from the early intervention programme developed for him.

Given that such continuous treatment is extremely costly Sonya and Simon have planned a family and friends 10k sponsorship run in Regents Park on both Sunday 5 July and 26 July  -  yes, two runs and we will be running both...! There is a registered charity called Conquer and Learn (C&L - http://www.conquerandlearn.org.uk/) that seeks to help young children with autism and other related conditions.  C&L aims to support the Early Intervention Centre that James has been attending for therapy. Sonya and Simon have been assured that all of the sponsorship monies raised will go towards James’ treatment and as such,  please note that any donations cannot benefit from gift-aid.  Sonya and Simon will be making a donation to C&L from the total funds raised.

Anyway, enough background... PLEASE SPONSOR US! You will be showing huge support to us, Sonya, Simon, Conquer & Learn and most importantly James.