The dolphins and Marcell Rupertsberger

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Written by family Rupertsberger

Preview of the therapy report of Family Rupertsberger

Today it snowed for the first time, I hope it is still nice and warm where you are. I have to send you an important and very nice message.

Marcell rode his bike for the first time alone today. He can ride for a few 100 meters at a time. It is great, because that was our big hope for the dolphin therapy- that it would help him with his balance. We asked Marcell who had taught him to ride his bike and he said “The dolphins!”.

He is very proud of himself that he can now ride his bike. Isn’t it a great success?

A complete report of the family Rupertsberger will follow soon.

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Ahmet Hamdi meets the dolphins

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My son Ahmet Hamdi has been diagnosed with autistic mental and motor retardation. He has also some spastic characteristics and hyperactivity problems. The doctors we consulted suspected Williams Syndrome but it could not be diagnosed with any certainty because these tests cannot be undertaken in Turkey. Because of his general condition, he could not speak nor could he take care of himself. He was attending a special rehabilitation Centre in Gaziantep, the town where we have lived for the past 5 years. One day we heard on TV, quite by chance, something about dolphin therapy and we made investigations in the internet, subsequently we made contact with the Centre. We went to Kas on my vacation and had a screening with Dr. Galina. After her evaluation we decided on a course of Therapy. Our first interview was in July. Read the rest of this entry »

Dolphin therapy for Poyraz

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Written by Mujdat Semiz

I am Gul Semiz, mother of Poyraz Semiz. About a month ago we visited you with our child for therapy. Since the therapy Poyraz’s understanding and awareness has appreciably increased, as has also his vocabulary. For the first time he can speak by mimicking our spoken words. Furthermore he is at present trying to use these words (like su – water, bye – bye, yogurt – yoghurt, ye – eat, abi – older brother, baba – father, bitti – finished) at the correct time.

He has understood that he must speak these words (like aç – open, ver – give, gel – come, iç – drink, git – go) so that we can fulfill his wishes. He is in a much better mood – he has become happier and calmer. Read the rest of this entry »

Autistic Doga fell in love with dolphins

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Written by Cavidan Kozlu

Hello everybody, I want to write something about a very short therapy-2 sessions- we had last summer. My son Doga is 10 years old, autistic and hyperactive.

We had a very distressed time in the summer of 2005. My son was ever more unhappy and nervous. He was shouting and crying continuously. Nothing was making him happy. News about the benefits of dolphin therapy which I had read about in the Cumhuriyet newspaper encouraged me to try this therapy. We were just able to get a reservation for 29th October. The first two days the weather was OK but then the temperature of the seawater dropped and Doga did not want to enter the water, so we postponed the remaining therapy until this year. We have been waiting for the meeting this year with enthusiasm. The two sessions were very good for all the family. This winter passed much more peacefully. Doga’s crying is wholly finished. His perception developed very much. Read the rest of this entry »

Successful dolphin therapy for Adrian

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Written by Richard Gallon

Hello Axel, Hello an Alle,

Sorry to be late.

Regarding Adrian, first of all thank you for everything, I think the therapy was very successful. Adrian changed a lot, he has quietened down, he is much more interested in his surroundings, he is getting up more.

He has also stopped ( almost!) staying in his own world, he is more present now. One more thing, his “head-cramps” have also stopped. I have the feeling that Adrian has started to learn more things, he concentrates, he starts to busy himself with games, he tries to do things and is not passive all the time. Read the rest of this entry »

Kevin has awakened through the contact with dolphins

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This was widely reported in the Press, the ‘Wochenblatt’ , ‘Vilstalboten’ and ‘TZ MÜnchen’ , it was reported in Radio Trausnitz and also on TV on the channels Sat 1 and Pro 7.
What has happened to date : So far our biggest project:

This is Kevin in his mother’s arms and he is laughing so heartily that one simply must laugh with him. This is quoted from Bavaria’s ‘Wochenblatt’: No one knows where he is… Kevin’s Life between worlds Kevin was alert as a child. At one year of age he could walk and spoke his first words. Then there was a tragic accident. Now Kevin lies in a persistent vegetative state, he cannot walk, speak or feed himself. Now he is fed through a stomach tube, he lives between worlds. The doctors said that Dolphin Therapy could be of some help. ‘Lebensfreude e.V.’ (registered charity) started a collection over Radio Trausnitz and the tz-muenchen and also enlisted the help of the Red BavariansDingolfing (FC Bayern Fanclub) and the local papers. In 12 days enough money was collected to fly Kevin and his whole family for 16 days to Kas in Turkey to take part in Dolphin Therapy. Read the rest of this entry »

Dolphin Therapy was a success for Laura

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Written by Family Thaller-Klingraber

Final Report on Dolphin Therapy,
Sunday, 19.6.2005 to Tuesday, 28.6.2005
by Laura Luna Thaller

1. General

First of all we would like to thank everyone for their commitment and assistance.

We express our gratitude not only to the medical/scientific team under the management of Dr. Gallina Manjosova and her Assistant Dr. Elena Butusova and the Dolphin trainer Mr. Ilja Makarevitsch, but also to the organisatory staff under the management of Alex Lavrinetz and the Interpreters Ms. Siara and Ms. Natalia Lavrinetz, to Ms. Ece and our Driver Mr. Mehmed , and to Mr. Ahter Suembuel for the Physiotherapy.

The Dolphin Therapy was a success for Laura. Read the rest of this entry »