Severely Disabled Local Boy Robbed Of Life-Enhancing Equipment

But it's not all doom and gloom - read on.

Severely mentally and physically disabled Khyal Heading, eight years old, was

born with a hole in his heart, damage to his brain and epilepsy – among other

things. 

The people of Littlehampton

raised over £16,000 to set up a sensory room for Khyal when he was a baby and

one bit of kit he got so much out of was his Spacekraft bubble tube.  The bubble tube is designed to help Khyal

develop through sensory processing and by touching different pads Khyal was

able to change the colour of the water inside. 

The cost of this bubble tube alone was around £2,000!

But some cruel and heartless (oh for the lack of profanity

filter right now!) ‘opportunist’ took advantage of the house being left empty

for a few days while Khyal’s Mum moved to a new home.  When she returned her old home had been

ransacked and the bubble tube, among other valuables, had been stolen.

His Mum, Nikki, said Khyal, who attends frequent respite

sessions at the Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice near Arundel, didn’t understand what had happened and that this was a blessing.

But then some heart warming news came a few days later when,

as a result of an appeal by Sussex

police, a family donated the bubble tube their own son no longer needed!  Also, Littlehampton electrical firm Propelec

arrived with the charity Jamie’s Wish to re-install the equipment from the old

house into the new one. 

You know, I know the media can play up the worst of society

to us all - but for every nasty idiot out there, there are ten wonderful and

good people, if not more!