Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy

Tobias Weller completed the final 800 yards of his 70-day challenge on his Sheffield street to the cheers of his friends and neighbours. The youngster - dubbed Captain Tobias by his supporters after the 100-year-old national hero - had aimed to raise 500 for the city's Children's Hospital and his special school.But what Tobias calls his "ginormous challenge" passed the 100,000 mark on Thursday. Yesterday he received a video message from Sir Tom, through his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore Continue reading →

A "prone team," wearing personal protective equipment, prepares to turn a COVID-19 patient onto his stomach in a hospital intensive care unit in Stamford, Conn. Continue reading →

Margaret Hilaire bows her head in prayer during a demonstration in Katy, Texas, in 2015, after Sandra Blands death. Continue reading →

OWEAR database includes the organizations initial index of open source software and datasets, together with validation papers Shimmer Research, a global leader in wearable technology for research applications, today announced that the Open Wearables Initiative (OWEAR) has uploaded its open-source software and datasets database for wearable sensors and other connected health technologies to its website atwww.owear.org. We are proud to announce the release of the OWEAR database, which includes the organizations initial index of open source software and datasets, together with validation papers, said Geoffrey Gill, president of Shimmer Americas and an OWEAR co-founder. This is an evolving resource and we are actively encouraging researchers to continue to register algorithms and datasets atwww.owear.orgso we can achieve our shared goal of creating high-quality, sensor-generated health measures that can help streamline drug development and enable digital medicine Continue reading →

A boy told he faced life in a wheelchair six years ago has a spring in his step as he turns 16 thanks to Mirror readers. Continue reading →

Stories of overcoming the seemingly impossible are surfacing more and more, as a result of COVID-19s attempt to limit and manipulate what used to be everyday life. Heroes of all kinds have stepped up to the plate, taking ownership by contributing what they can do instead of feeling bound by what they cant. And not many excuses can be made after this 9-year-old boy from England set quite the example Continue reading →

Armando Contreras, opinion contributor Published 6:00 a.m. MT June 4, 2020 The pandemic and the resulting stay-at-home and isolation orders have posed severe challenges for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.(Photo: File) COVID-19 has created unique challenges and dangers for the most vulnerable in our population. Continue reading →

Latest released the research study on Global Cerebral Palsy Treatment Market, offers a detailed overview of the factors influencing the global business scope. Continue reading →

Every day, Jim Gavin, 66, and his son, Jimmy, go for long walks together. Each time, as Jim pushes Jimmy in a Team Hoyt racing chair around the various roads and trails near their Farmington Hills, Michigan, home, the father points out everything along the route to his 36-year-old son with Angelmans Syndrome (AS). Continue reading →

Making lemonade out of the lemons of life is a motto East London local Nisha Varghese embraces. Varghese was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a permanent movement disorder, at only six months, is unable to walk and her speech is slightly impaired Continue reading →