He has cerebral palsy and requires lifelong care. He can neither speak nor walk and is fed via a tube attached to his stomach. As a baby, he was abandoned by his parents but 10 years ago ...

A dad from Co Antrim is appealing to the Belfast Trust to accept his four-year-old daughter for urgent surgery to have a specialised feeding tube placed. Joniece Sheppard, who has cerebral palsy ...

Cerebral Palsy (CP ... but may become addictive Gastrostomy Is Surgical insertion of tube through the abdomen into stomach to help feeding and provide nutrition CP is a difficult condition ...