Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy

A carer who sexually assaulted a vulnerable disabled woman at a respite centre has been jailed. Continue reading →

'Mum, don't lift her like that!" my 11- and 9-year-old daughters exclaimed in unison the first time they saw me lift their baby sister, Sadhbh, out of her pram using just one hand. This was how I lifted both of you, and neither of you ever came to any harm," I shoot back at them with a smile. Their reaction is something my husband, Stefan, and I have been living with since we first became parents. Continue reading →

February 29, 2020 Swimmers have less than a week to submit their entries for the Cerebral Palsy Sport National Swimming Championships 2020. Registration for the event which takes place on Sunday 5 April at Nottinghams Harvey Hadden Sports Village closes on Friday 6 March. To mark the start of Cerebral Palsy Awareness month on Sunday 1 March, organisers are now encouraging swimmers to make sure they dont miss out on competing in the championships Continue reading →

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It is a strange feeling to one day awaken from your slumber to discover that you are in an entirely different body, so far removed from the one which you had been fiercely battling for the past 24 years. This is the situation I found myself in a few weeks after I had started a three-month trial of an innovative medical intervention called the Mollii suit. The Mollii suit is a soft two-piece skin-tight garment that is worn for an hour a day and delivers electrical stimulation, not too dissimilar from a common TENS machine, via the 58 electrodes sewn within it Continue reading →

The disabled community is at a crisis point when it comes to housing, according to advocates who are getting an increasing number of calls from people lacking suitable homes. Continue reading →

One of the joys of working in a newsroom is dealing with different characters who come into the office. Its a little less common these days, because of modern security concerns and the tendency of people to connect via social media. But a real person still shows up from time to time Continue reading →

In Moscow the woman with one blow to the chest killed son with cerebral palsy, who did not want to learn mathematics. Continue reading →

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) The University at Buffalo Women's Basketball team named a sixth starter Wednesday night during "Inclusion Day" at the start of the game as they played Miami Ohio. Drew Strang, from Williamsville, was honored right before tip-off at Alumni Arena Continue reading →

Despite paying taxes and the NDIS levy, New Zealanders who have come to Australia since 2001 cannot receive many social services and have taken the issue to the disability Royal Commission. Some are so financially stressed they have been forced to return to New Zealand despite Australia being their home for many years - some for almost two decades - so they can receive support for their disability, or that of their child or relative. Continue reading →