Andrew Brereton

My life has been eventful. In 1987 my eldest son was born with profound brain injuries. This left him with a range of symptoms, some of which were within the category of cerebral palsy, some within the autistic spectrum. At birth he was blind, deaf and expected not to survive. He did survive and we worked to bring back his sight and his hearing and we succeeded. We trawled the Earth seeking solutions to his problems. I also went to University to learn about neuroscience and child development. We achieved so much with Daniel and extended his life expectancy and quality of life way beyond where it should have been. However the onset of puberty and a structural weakness in the brainstem meant that at 16 years of age, in 2003 he passed away. Since then, I finished my studies and established 'Snowdrop.' http://www.snowdrop.cc/ Snowdrop provides programmes of developmental stimulation for children, who like my son, suffer with developmental disabilities. We do so by examining the conventions of brain plasticity and child development and devising techniques to stimulate and direct neuroplasticity and consequently, the developmental process. We are having some amazing success. I just wish I possessed the knowledge I now possess when Daniel was alive. Snowdrop, (which has a group on FB - http://www.facebook.com/groups/snowdropfoundation/ ), is now successfully treating children from all over the world. This makes me happy because it adds meaning to the life of my son. Without him, none of this would be possible.