{"id":1542,"date":"2026-01-12T16:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spinabifida.be\/history\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:12:46","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spinabifida.be\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull titel-banner-bovenaan has-primary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--64-32);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--64-32);\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color alignwide wp-elements-dce46223f7ce29c1aa01b1f4e0de27f6 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-white-color\">History<\/h1><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top text-image-blok\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--24-16);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--120-60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--120-60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--120-60)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spinabifida.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/spina-bifida-historiek-foto.png\" alt=\"history-intro-photo\" class=\"wp-image-446 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spinabifida.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/spina-bifida-historiek-foto.png 800w, https:\/\/www.spinabifida.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/spina-bifida-historiek-foto-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.spinabifida.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/spina-bifida-historiek-foto-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.spinabifida.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/spina-bifida-historiek-foto-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The association was founded in 1979 as a self-help group by and for people with spina bifida and their families. In 1981, the self-help group established a legal structure as a non-profit organization (vzw).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the first decades, the membership consisted mainly of young families with a child with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. 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