Born in Mae La refugee camp, Naw Rosy, 7, has spastic cerebral palsy, which is one of the major causes of disability identified in the camps. During physical assessments performed by Handicap International's physiotherapist, she demonstrated a lack of head and neck control and was unable to walk. A detailed rehabilitation plan was prepared for her to best address these problems.

After several months of physical rehabilitation (physiotherapy and assistive devices) with the physiotherapist and her mother, she started showing signs of improvement. She gained complete head and neck control and an ability to ambulate, though she still has slight speech problems. To improve her speech and further explore her general abilities, it was decided to place her within the mainstream school system, where she will learn to improve her abilities to their full extent by being with her own peer group.

In June 2008, she was enrolled in the school following a series of negotiations with her parents and the school authorities, who seemed very reluctant to enrol a child with disabilities into the mainstream school system. Finally, however, they all agreed when they saw how enthusiastic and capable she was and how much progress she had made. Since then, she has been going to school along with her elder brother and sister, and sometimes accompanied by her mother.

Her mother is overjoyed to see her little daughter, for whom she had given up all hope, getting better: “Some months ago she was still in bed, now she's able to walk, communicate and enjoy her own world in the company of her friends. She is able to read and write, but she prefers to read more than write as she is slowly developing her fine motor skills. The teachers and the fellow students in her class have accepted her too.” Naw Rosy, in a cheerful mood, said: “I like school very much. I like to share my sweets which my mother gives me every day, with my best friend.” At the end of 2008, Naw Rosy and her family were resettled in Australia