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Caribbean autism expert and author teams-up with West Midlands team to deliver study
TEAM: From left - Martin Levermore MBE; His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, High Commissioner for Jamaica in the UK; Monica Price and Barry Tomes
A SPOTLIGHT is being shone on how children with autism are treated in Jamaica.
A comparison between therapeutic and educational models used in Jamaica, the UK and US will be made to evaluate how youngsters with this condition are cared for across the world.
The work is being done as part of a documentary by West Midlands-based international television presenter and nutritionist Monica Price who has teamed up with Jamaican-born autism expert and author Lena McCalla Njee.
Price and McCalla Njee will be key anchors for the filming project, along with public relations specialist Barry Tomes. The narrator of the documentary will be Boyzone star and Coronation Street actor Keith Duffy, who has a 17-year-old daughter with autism.
The project was born when McCalla Njee was invited to appear on Price's chat show, Cuppa TV, which is screened on Big Centre TV, the local channel for Birmingham, Wolverhampton and the Black Country.
The autism specialist said:
“On the show we talked about doing a documentary on how autism affects families from different countries. I thought this would be an excellent platform to give parents an opportunity to tell their story. After the show aired in England, the response was so great that I became committed to this documentary once I had the backing.
EXPERT: Lena McCalla Njee
"I hope to bring global awareness to autism in Jamaica to possibly bring funding to the families and children of Jamaica.
“I also hope to advocate for families in Jamaica who don’t have a voice, while driving home the importance of educating all children.
"Above all, I want this documentary to spur a conversation among the scientific community to find the cause of and the cure for autism.”
McCalla Njee grew up in Bois Content, in the parish of St. Catherine and trained as a primary school teacher before migrating to America where she completed a degree in psychology. She now lives and works in New Jersey, specialising in working with children with autism and helping to improve their lives. Her work has taken her around the world including Jamaica, UK and China.
Price has also worked with children with autism from a nutritional point of view, advocating the ketogenic diet, which is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate way of eating that is showing promise as an effective treatment.
Autism is a lifelong spectrum condition that affects more than 700,000 people in the UK alone. Many youngsters are often not diagnosed until they attend nursery or pre-school and even then the process is often lengthy.
The documentary and six 30-minute shows will be filmed to deliver to the major networks in the UK for broadcast.
Source: Autistic children in Jamaica are subject of documentary
Caribbean autism expert and author teams-up with West Midlands team to deliver study
TEAM: From left - Martin Levermore MBE; His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, High Commissioner for Jamaica in the UK; Monica Price and Barry Tomes
A SPOTLIGHT is being shone on how children with autism are treated in Jamaica.
A comparison between therapeutic and educational models used in Jamaica, the UK and US will be made to evaluate how youngsters with this condition are cared for across the world.
The work is being done as part of a documentary by West Midlands-based international television presenter and nutritionist Monica Price who has teamed up with Jamaican-born autism expert and author Lena McCalla Njee.
Price and McCalla Njee will be key anchors for the filming project, along with public relations specialist Barry Tomes. The narrator of the documentary will be Boyzone star and Coronation Street actor Keith Duffy, who has a 17-year-old daughter with autism.
The project was born when McCalla Njee was invited to appear on Price's chat show, Cuppa TV, which is screened on Big Centre TV, the local channel for Birmingham, Wolverhampton and the Black Country.
The autism specialist said:
“On the show we talked about doing a documentary on how autism affects families from different countries. I thought this would be an excellent platform to give parents an opportunity to tell their story. After the show aired in England, the response was so great that I became committed to this documentary once I had the backing.
EXPERT: Lena McCalla Njee
"I hope to bring global awareness to autism in Jamaica to possibly bring funding to the families and children of Jamaica.
“I also hope to advocate for families in Jamaica who don’t have a voice, while driving home the importance of educating all children.
"Above all, I want this documentary to spur a conversation among the scientific community to find the cause of and the cure for autism.”
McCalla Njee grew up in Bois Content, in the parish of St. Catherine and trained as a primary school teacher before migrating to America where she completed a degree in psychology. She now lives and works in New Jersey, specialising in working with children with autism and helping to improve their lives. Her work has taken her around the world including Jamaica, UK and China.
Price has also worked with children with autism from a nutritional point of view, advocating the ketogenic diet, which is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate way of eating that is showing promise as an effective treatment.
Autism is a lifelong spectrum condition that affects more than 700,000 people in the UK alone. Many youngsters are often not diagnosed until they attend nursery or pre-school and even then the process is often lengthy.
The documentary and six 30-minute shows will be filmed to deliver to the major networks in the UK for broadcast.
Source: Autistic children in Jamaica are subject of documentary
