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Pediatric center helps special-needs kids develop with tailored therapy plans
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Addison Driskell, 2, leans back on a ball as Jacque Young, a physical therapist works with her at Kidworks in The Rehabilitation Institute in Gainesville. Addison suffers from global developmental delay; he was born prematurely at 32 weeks and falls on the autism spectrum. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Two-year-old Glavine Leach excitedly flew down a slide in the pediatrics gym at Kidworks during his recent occupational therapy session. The toddler has a sensory integration disorder and wears a vest to help calm him and centralize his emotions. Glavine’s mother, Crystal Leach, says he has been going to the rehabilitation center for eight months for occupational and speech therapy.