A LITTLE girl who is severely disabled has received a high dose of hormones to stunt her growth, a decision her parents said is the best they have ever made.

    Charley Hooper, 10, from New Zealand, is unable to walk, talk or see properly — her condition is so limiting that her mother, Jenn Hooper calls her “brain blind.”

    Jenn and her husband Mark Hooper are faced with the day to day challenges of caring for their little girl who was born with cerebral palsy.

    “Charely’s brain is completely abnormal, the best way to describe her is, well, she has tetraplegia — that term is not used a lot any more but is sums up her condition better than the term quadriplegic because it means Charley cannot use her brain or her limbs,” Jenn said.

    Faced with the difficulties that come with parenting a child with severe disabilities, Jenn and her husband Mark decided that their daughter would begin growth attenuation which would stunt her development.

    The controversial procedure is sometimes known as the “Ashley treatment,” after a girl from Seattle in the United States who underwent a series of procedures between 2004 and 2006 keep her in a child-like state.(SD-Agencies)