Children suffering from a disability are initially accepted to SESOBEL from 0 to 6 years of age (up to 10 year olds for neuromuscular illnesses).
Four hundred children are cared for by SESOBEL annually. They come from every region in Lebanon and abroad. They are welcomed regardless of ethnicity, community, religion, or social background.
Types of disabilities
- Physical disability: 40%
- Cerebral Palsy.
- Degenerative diseases : Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Friedrich’s Ataxia, Ataxia Telangiectasia, Leigh’s Disease, Duchene Muscular Dystrophy, Leukodystrophy…
- Genetic Syndromes.
- Mental disability: 46%
- Chromosomal Abnormalities : Down’s Syndrome, Trisomy 13, Partial Monosomy 13, Trisomy 9Q…
- Cerebral Malformation.
- Genetic Syndromes.
- Pervasive Development Disorder: 9%
- Autism.
- Other disorders.
- Other: 9%
