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Louise Brissett is a Quebecois physiotherapist born March 8th, 1946 in Plessisville.

In 1967, she left for Quito, Equator with the Canadian University Service (CUSO). There she taught physiotherapy at [Central University of Ecuador]. In addition, while there, she joined the medical team at the military hospital and Ortiz hospital in order to help many handicapped children adapt to life being disabled. During her time in Equator she saw many children arrive to the hospital, transported in the back of trucks, 40, 50, 80 children at a time dropped off as merchandise, often with their age or name unknown. These children came from the mountains and the equatorial forest. The trucks had passed through numerous areas in order collect these handicapped children who were, mostly, victims of Polio. Louise's work during this time mainly involved the training the therapists who were to oversee the transitioning of these children, the majority of them very young, back to society.