Dolphins helped my child

The diagnosis of a disabled child often leads parents to want to do something - anything - to improve their child's quality of life.

One option available to them is dolphin therapy. But is it simply a pleasant experience, or a miracle cure?

Emily Chicken has been diagnosed with Rett Syndrome.

In recent years she has started to hyperventilate, and has developed epilepsy.

She wrings her hands constantly and cannot speak.

For Sara and her husband Neil, and their other daughter Laura, 9, Emily's diagnosis has come as a huge blow.

"Some days it's bad, some days it's OK," says Sara, who tells me that today is a bad one.

"She's changing - there are lots of emotional things to deal with. It's getting harder."