Boy thrown from Tate Modern achieves physical goal

"The family said in an update on a GoFundMe page, they were happy that he had been able to progress with his running, jumping and swimming before his next operation. "He can't do it like other children his age, of course, but we can no longer describe what he does in any other way than by saying it's running, jumping, and swimming. "It's different, only over a few meters or a very small height, but it's an incredible achievement.""

"The boy, who spent months in intensive care, has continued to gain cognitive endurance. His family said although his memory skills were still very limited, they were functional and improving, so he was 'acquiring a general knowledge at his own pace, which increasingly allows him to be included with other children'. They added: 'He's also maturing, and thanks to his work with the psychomotor therapist, he now allows himself to relax.'"

The boy was six when he was thrown from a Tate Modern balcony by 17-year-old Jonty Bravery, surviving a 100-foot fall that caused a bleed on the brain and multiple broken bones. He spent months in intensive care and suffered life-changing injuries. He has regained the ability to run, jump, and swim over short distances and heights and has continued to gain cognitive endurance. Memory skills remain limited but are functional and improving, allowing gradual inclusion with other children. Psychomotor therapy has reduced compensatory tension and pain, helped him relax, and enabled progress toward goals such as a picnic at the beach with his father.

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