To Help a Crippled Child

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Title

To Help a Crippled Child

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This 1972 NFU documentary looks at the care of children born with physical disabilities. Aimed at families with ‘crippled’ children, the film was directed by Frank Chilton for the Crippled Children Society (now CCS Disability Action). Parents, doctors, teachers and field officers are shown engaging with children and young adults at home and in the community, from spring-loaded splints for spina bifida patients to Māori stick games as therapy for cerebral palsy. It is introduced by Mrs New Zea...

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Video

Date created

1972

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/to-help-a-crippled-child-1972

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national film unit / nfu / crippled children society / ccs / disability / club foot / philip wrightson / alison henry / mrs new zealand / physiotherapist / physiotherapy / spina bifida / wheelchair / kindergarten / primary school / correspondence school / golf / woodcarving / wood carving / maori stick game / cerebral palsy / pool / therapy / disabled / moana pool / mt roskill primary school / motat / museum of transport and technology / classical music / occupational therapy / horse riding / friends of disabled riders / bonham / māori stick game / mrs. nz / mrs nz / samuel philip wrightson / mount roskill primary school / music therapy

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