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Three-year-old Logan Craig has cerebral palsy. It is currently Erinoak's only site, among five, His legs want to criss-cross at every opportunity, that is owned by the non-profit organization. his fist in his right hand wants to remain Since then, to accommodate this relentless clenched, his feet point downward when his growth, Erinoak has had to rent site after site, to orthopedic braces aren't worn and his speech is the tune of 75,000 square feet, and spend $1.4 difficult to understand. million annually on space at four sites across the Born with a cyst on his brain the obstruction regions of Halton, Peel, Waterloo, Wellington and prohibits messages from traveling to his muscles Dufferin. telling them to contract and relax. And still, programs and services are pressed But Logan has many advocates. for space. His identical twin brother Lucas for one. That's also money that could be better directLogan's able-bodied sibling pushes him in his ed to services for all kinds of disabled children. stroller, gets him an extra cookie and encourages Erinoak wants the province to foot a $50 milhim to keep up when sailing through the house lion tab to build a new 125,000 square-foot cenplaying. With a racer style comtral site. "I would be lost without mando crawl, Logan does his A much-needed central all of this help. Erinoak best. facility would complement the Logan's mom is Valerie. Not is absolutely amazing." community sites by providing only is she his primary caregivall its existing myriad proer, she manages to keep up with Valerie Craig grams and services as well as a dizzying pace of medical respite care, orthotic and clinappointments for her disabled son. ical assessments and better house the 5,000 Also in Logan's corner is a team of therapists, pieces of equipment and more that are needed for doctors, nurses, counsellors, volunteers and caregivers and their children at home. administrators who are all intent on creating a "Expansion for Erinoak is not a wish, not a life of independence for their young charge. want, it's a need," said community relations This is Erinoak, Ontario's largest children's director Mary Ross. treatment centre. Even if the powers that be were to wave their There are currently over 8,000 scenarios like magic wands fulfilling such capital funding, it Logan, Lucas and Valerie's. By 2010 the non-prof- would take four years to complete the project. it centre's client roster will have climbed to Valerie, Logan and Lucas have been a part of 13,000. the Erinoak family for 18 months. That's an exponential leap from 1996 figures of "I would be lost without all of this help. 1,400. Families and children accessing Erinoak Erinoak is absolutely amazing," said Valerie. has increased by 10 per cent annually. She and Logan visit the Burlington site once a Growth is off the charts in comparison to its week for two hours of physical and speech therafounding in 1971, when a group of parents py. (Lucas visits his grandma.) formed the Credit Valley Association for Logan has made progress already. He's close to Handicapped Children to serve 58 young people sitting up on his own and has mastered rolling with muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy and over. He's also learned to relax his right hand, and spina bifida. botox injections in his thighs are helping to relax The Credit Valley Treatment Centre for See Helping page 5 ·