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Elliot was ten when he joined our BubbleBusters<\/a> project. He\u2019d already missed almost a year of school due to his condition, and it was unclear when he\u2019d be able to return. He missed his friends a great deal, and his emotional wellbeing was extremely low.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enter \u2018Robert\u2019 the AV1 robot, who brought Elliot back into contact with his school and his friends. Robert is Elliot\u2019s eyes, ears and voice in the classroom, and he controls it remotely through a tablet computer.<\/p>\n

The AV1 robot has played a crucial role in reconnecting Elliot with his education, He achieved a 100% score in a maths test earlier this year, and his Mum, Hayley, says that wouldn\u2019t have been possible without Robert.<\/p>\n

\u201cElliot feels he can now talk up in class, without being stared at, which he’d never done before,\u201d added Hayley. \u201cAfter almost a year of refusing to read out loud to his class because he was so self-conscious, Elliot ‘put his hand up’ through his robot and asked to read to everyone! The AV1 robot is utterly amazing!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Elliot\u2019s really grown attached to Robert, and although he doesn\u2019t now need to use the robot all the time, he knows that Robert is there as a \u2018safety net\u2019.<\/p>\n

Robert has also impressed the Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Coordinator at Elliot\u2019s school, who said,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AV1 robot has enabled Elliot to engage with the classroom\/learning and his peers in the first instance and has definitely been supportive in Elliot’s return to the classroom\u2026 I really do believe Elliot would not have got back into the classroom without the support of Robert.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we’ve been able to continue to support Elliot, not only by loaning the robot but also with his access to videogames<\/a>. We\u2019ll be there for him in the future should he need our help.<\/p>\n

Since the BubbleBusters Project started we\u2019ve connected over 100 families with schools across the UK, and we look forward to our characterful little loan robots being reused again and again to help many more pupils in the future.<\/p>\n

Find out more about our BubbleBusters<\/a> project here.<\/p>\n

(Images: A close-up image of Elliot during a visit to SpecialEffect, and a library image of an AV1 in use in a classroom)<\/em><\/p>\n

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