Testimonials

Meadow Grayce attended Ability Plus Therapy this summer for 3 weeks. I cannot begin to tell you how much this therapy benefited her. Before we went to Melbourne for the therapy, she would scream and cry if placed on her tummy. She would not attempt to move or play, or basically even lift her head off the floor. Meadow would put her face down flat into the floor and cry until she fell asleep or I picked her up. Meadow also had very poor upper body and trunk support. She suffered two strokes at 7 months old. The strokes left her with right hemi-paresis. She was only able to sit unsupported very briefly without falling over.

Now, however, I am able to lay Meadow down on her TUMMY on the floor to play. She will get up on her elbows and play and actively roll side to side. She has rolled over two complete times, which is something she could not do before. Meadow will sit unsupported for extended period of time and play with her toys. Her trunk support is remarkably better. She has even learned to balance herself when she begins to fall over. Meadow's therapists here at home are impressed with her progress as well.

When she returned home, they were very glad she had made it over so many hurdles. It has helped tremendously with therapy at home. Her PT at home said she could not believe Meadow was tolerant of being on her tummy. She was very impressed with Meadow's abillity to "push-up" with her legs and try to stand. Meadow no longer needs pillows piled around her to sit up. Meadow is even talking and babbling more. Ms. Roberta was sooo wonderful and interactive with her. The whole staff was very kind and we felt at right at home. I really loved the customized folder of exercises we brought home to continue her progress.

Ability Plus Therapy was truly a great success in Meadow's life!
Lora Beasley - Alabama

My child doesn’t talk. He doesn’t walk. He doesn’t even sit or stand without assistance. So why would I even consider subjecting him to something called “Intensive Therapy”? Why would I take him 5 days a week for 3 weeks to a place where I know they will work him, push him, coax him, persuade him? I do it because of hope.

Hope that one day he will talk; he will express his opinion, ask for what he wants, sing a song, lead the pledge or ask the blessing at the table.

Hope that one day he will stand up, voluntarily put his feet down on the floor, weight-shift to the balls of his feet and rise to an upright position.

Hope that one day, I can sit him down in the floor, give him some toys, and walk into the kitchen and fix dinner, and not worry that he will be falling over and hitting his head on the tile floor.

Hope that one day I will hear him holler “Mom!” and look up to see him coming toward me, actually moving of his own accord - on his feet or propelling a wheelchair – doing it in his own strength.

Proverbs 13:12 says “ Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”

I will let my hope be the tree of life that nourishes my son’s body, his mind and his soul. That tree will shelter him from the harsh weather of physical pain, keep him warm in spite of cold diagnoses, shade him from the criticism of society and nurture him into growth and health.

Hope is a thing that only dies when we stop doing it.

I don’t ever plan to stop. As long as there is something that helps, one little bit of success, a new word learned, as new action that is achieved, a new movement that is voluntary, I will not stop hoping.

Intensive therapy is 3 weeks of intensive hope. I’ll choose that over “traditional” any day.

 Alesha - Florida

I am very happy that we decided to enroll our daughter into the Suit Therapy Program. When we see her face light up as she chases her twin brother around with her walker, we couldn't be more proud of her and how far she has come! Thanks to the wonderful and caring staff at Ability Plus Therapy, she is now able to walk around with the use of her walker.

If you would like to contact me, please email me at saval@gbso.net.

Stacy Hodge – Florida

My husband and I were blessed with a little boy named Garrett who is now almost 3 years old. He was born with malformations in his brain, which has caused global delay. Garrett was not progressing developmentally with the services he was receiving, so we started looking into other options, and that’s when we found Ability Plus Therapy. We were very skeptical about the program, but decided we had nothing to lose and everything to gain. It was the best decision we could have made for Garrett. We were told Garrett would never crawl because his head is too big. When we went down for his first session, Garrett could not tolerate laying on his stomach. He would just sit on the floor not playing or interacting with anyone. Following the first session, he learned how to tolerate laying on his stomach, get into hands and knees, crawl, tall kneel, play with toys and consistently interact with others.

I found that not only Garrett has learned and strengthened a lot, but I have also. Ability Plus Therapy has taught me a lot about Garrett and his delays, to include issues with tone, sensory, visual impairment, strengthening activities, and they have helped me research issues Garrett has had. I have received a lot of support from them, and Garrett’s team at home has strengthened considerably. We just finished our second session of intensive therapy and Garrett is now working on getting from sitting to standing, climbing, cruising and walking. This is just 6 months after our first session. Thanks to Ability Plus Therapy, I am now a strong advocate for my son due to everything I learned, the support I have gotten and the confidence I have gained in myself.

If you would like to contact me, please contact Ability Plus Therapy.

Heidi Stearns - Vermont

Wow! What do I say but “Amazing”! We have brought Ricky, age 7, to Ability Plus Therapy for 2 intensive therapy sessions. The owners of the clinic are parents of 2 children with CP. Laura is a fountain of information pertaining to existing treatments for CP. If it exists, she knows about it. She and Lane walk the walk , so they can relate to the families. The therapists Tanja and Roberta are excellent and very knowledgeable about this type of therapy. They are professional and at the same time very compassionate with the children and their families. Ricky has made more leaps and bounds in these sessions than he has in years worth of conventional PT. I would highly recommend this therapy to all families with children with CP.

The Dickinsons - Pennsylvania

I can’t thank Ability Plus Therapy enough for having the same amount of faith in Duke as I have; nor for opening the clinic and making it possible to see God’s glory and miracle happen. My faith grew through the 3 weeks of intensive physical therapy. I experienced something I never thought I would. The people in the clinic are wonderful. My family and I are so blessed by everything they have done for us. They have given us a chance to see Duke walk! Now Duke is able to walk longer distances without having any one touch him and he also will push your hand away as he is walking. He is really getting to like his new independence. He is even doing better with his talking and his schooling. I think that the therapy has given him so much confidence in himself and in the things that he can do that he doesn't give up as easily. Now he really tries to do more for himself.

 Crystal Belton - Florida

My 5 year old daughter Janeil was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at birth and I was told by doctors that it was just an unfortunate situation and there was no hope for her, but my visit to Ability Plus proved otherwise. She now smiles when spoken to, is more aware and alert, and I continue to look to the future with lots of hope for further improvements. Thank God for Ability Plus Therapy and the wonderful and supportive staff who treated us like family, and for the many gifts of equipments we received.

We are looking forward to our next visit.

Maneesha Smith - Jamaica
We would like to honor Maneesha for all the hard work and dedication it took to raise a child with disabilities. We know that Janeil is in Heaven no more pain, no more disability and best of all an angel looking down on the people that took care of her in life.