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Night club like room offers special therapy to those with sensory problems
The Milwaukee Center for Independence offers children a new way for kids to interact with the world in a room that resembles a night club. Physical Therapist Kathryn Cabral says, “This is our multi-sensory environment that we bring children and adults with sensory processing issues to interact with the room, and have a new experience.”
Cabral has been working with the eight-year-old Deshawn, who suffered an anoxic brain injury in a house fire four years ago. As a result of Deshawn’s time at the Milwaukee Center for Independence, his grandmother is noticing improvements. She said, “The doctors told me he wasn’t going to be able to make it, but he’s doing a lot better. I mean, he’s doing stuff that I would never imagine he would do. But he’s doin it.”
The multi-sensory environment at MCFI can also be used to treat people with ADHD, autism, stroke victims, and many other sensory processing disorders. For more information on this room, go to the MCFI.net.