article_snippet: Now, some five months after he completed the pioneering treatment, his parents Brett and Naghmeh said Ashya was making good progress, starting to speak again and able to play with he brothers and sisters in the park.
article_snippet: The couple sparked a manhunt last year when The couple took The couple son abroad to seek pioneering proton therapy.
article_snippet: Five months after the pioneering proton therapy, Ashya, pictured in September in the Czech Republic, is making good progress, starting to speak again and able to play with their son brothers and sisters .
article_snippet: And despite threats to revoke their parental rights unless their went along with the therapy, the Kings defiantly fled to Spain in a bid to get Ashya to the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in Prague and protect him from the devastating side effects of NHS treatment.
article_snippet: When their sick son finally arrived at the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in September last year, Ashya was so sick their sick son was unable to move and had to be fed by tubes.
article_snippet: Disappearance: his parents and older brother Naveed sparked a worldwide manhunt when his parents and older brother Naveed took Ashya from Southampton General Hospital last August (pictured  CCTV footage)
article_snippet: Ashya was unable to speak or move following surgery in Britain and had still not uttered a word in the Prague clinic after the treatment.
article_snippet: Mr King told The Sun: 'At the Prague clinic we were trying to get Ashya to speak
article_snippet: Ashya soon progressed to other words — and now chatters away, according to the newspaper.
article_snippet: The therapy is not available for Ashya on NHS, although the health service has since agreed to fund Ashya's treatment.
highlights_snippet: Brett and Naghmeh King took Brain cancer sufferer Ashya King for pioneering treatment in Prague .
  