Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy

Mimi, left, outside her new work Published: 17:27 Monday 02 December 2019 A woman with cerebral palsy has landed her dream job as a teaching assistant, thanks to support from her housing association. Mimi, who is also a wheelchair user, lives at one of Hightowns supported housing schemes in Tring for people with physical and learning disabilities, as well as mental health issues. Continue reading →

Slowing down a term usually used when referring to someone older or someone outside of their prime, right? Continue reading →

Local media outlets reported how a young boy with cerebral palsy weighed just 25 pounds when he died in April at the North Carolina residence of his grandmother. Geneen Ballenger, 53, was arrested Friday on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the death, but has now been released on a $250,000 unsecured bond, NBC News reports. Continue reading →

Neha D Thampan, 18, and Ayyapan Adoor 16, are in a league of their own. The duo - authors of a number of books in Malayalam - are proving that even something as debilitating as cerebral palsy can't keep the human spirit down. On Tuesday, November 5, they flew all the way from India to Sharjah to launch another pair of books together at the Sharjah International Book Fair Continue reading →

ATLANTA For brothers Kyle and Brent Pease, the finish line was just the beginning. Inspired to get into better shape, Brent began competing in endurance sports in the 2000s. In 2010, his family traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to cheer Brent on in his first Ironman competition. Continue reading →

A young man who was born with cerebral palsy due to negligence at Milton Keynes Hospital 25 years ago has finally won millions in NHS compensation. A negligent delay in the baby boy's delivery in 1994 led to cerebral palsy, developmental delay and autism, London's High Court heard. Continue reading →

The kids at Covedale School marched to the cafeteria Thursday in their Halloween's best for the school's annual Halloween parade.Fifth-grader Kaylee Bull led the pack."She can't walk or talk or eat like you or I would. She has a feeding tube," said her mom, Allison Buelterman.Bull has cerebral palsy, and uses a wheelchair.When she was three she had to have two emergency surgeries and was in the hospital for months Continue reading →

STOCKTON (CBS13) A Stockton mom is so thankful after her sons wheelchair was found, hours after it was stolen from their front porch. Lonnie Franks mug shot. (credit: Stockton Police) Im just so happy that its just here and I have the wheelchair and hes going to go to school, Yanelli Rodriguez Ceja said as the wheelchair was returned to her Wednesday. Continue reading →

Please enable Javascript to watch this video STOCKTON, Calif. (KTXL) -- A suspected thief is now behind bars and a disabled boys once stolen wheelchair is now back home. Yanelli Rodriguez said her 7-year-old sons wheelchair was stolen from their south Stockton home Wednesday morning Continue reading →

It is a fear facing many special needs parents every day: Who will take care of your child when you are no longer able to care for them? One family in Woodland Hills is no longer worried about their daughter's future Continue reading →