Activity is the keynote of the work of the Crippled Children Society in Christchurch. Large numbers of parents, volunteers, and professional staff take part. One in every 10 people in New Zealand is disabled, and increasing numbers are children. The work of the society—the oldest national professional organisation dealing with the disabled—is of vital importance. TOP LEFT: Mr William Pitima, an instructor at Queen Elizabeth II Park, working with primaryschool children in the park pool. MIDDLE LEFT: Two occupational therapists from the Christchurch Hospital. Mrs Robyn Ritchie, left, and Miss Elizabeth Zimmerman, help Elizabeth, aged four, learn hand skills and body awareness in front of a mirror. TOP RIGHT: Miss Lynlee Fowler, a recreation field officer for the Crippled Children Society, assists Rebecca, aged seven, in the Queen Elizabeth II Park pool. MIDDLE RIGHT: Karen makes a cane-work tray in the activity centre. BOTTOM: Abstract art. Miss Lyn Henderson helps pre-school children. From left are Norman, aged four, Glenn, aged three, Sandra, aged four, and Mellisa, aged four.
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168Activity is the keynote of the work of the Crippled Children Society in Christchurch. Large numbers of parents, volunteers, and professional staff take part. One in every 10 people in New Zealand is disabled, and increasing numbers are children. The work of the society—the oldest national professional organisation dealing with the disabled—is of vital importance. TOP LEFT: Mr William Pitima, an instructor at Queen Elizabeth II Park, working with primaryschool children in the park pool. MIDDLE LEFT: Two occupational therapists from the Christchurch Hospital. Mrs Robyn Ritchie, left, and Miss Elizabeth Zimmerman, help Elizabeth, aged four, learn hand skills and body awareness in front of a mirror. TOP RIGHT: Miss Lynlee Fowler, a recreation field officer for the Crippled Children Society, assists Rebecca, aged seven, in the Queen Elizabeth II Park pool. MIDDLE RIGHT: Karen makes a cane-work tray in the activity centre. BOTTOM: Abstract art. Miss Lyn Henderson helps pre-school children. From left are Norman, aged four, Glenn, aged three, Sandra, aged four, and Mellisa, aged four. Press, 3 October 1979, Page 25
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