Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy

In the shadow of the frontline is a series documenting individual professionals who through their work demonstrate courage and resilience that keep the cogs of society moving through the COVID-19 pandemic. _____________________________________________ Each morning at 4 a.m., 40-year-old Angel LaSanta drives his automated side loader from Springfield neighborhood to neighborhood, collecting household waste as an employee of the Department of Public Works. Continue reading →

Chili Bowl at a glance Friday Justin Grant of Ione, California, drove off the outside front row on the start then threaded his way through lapped traffic late to win the week's final 30-lap preliminary feature and locked in a spot in Saturdays A feature. Continue reading →

It's a windy day and the sun is hot as the Wallace family begins drafting the sheep on their small farm outside of Yass. Blake, aged 11, is learning how to separate the ewes from their young alongside his father, Matt Wallace Continue reading →

In 1952, a little boy named Leslie was born prematurely in the Midwest. He had brain damage, cerebral palsy and problems so severe with his eyes they had to be removed. His birth mother put him up for adoption. Continue reading →

A Nottingham mum's tweet for her son who has cerebral palsy has gone viral. Gemma Reynolds, from Bilbrough, has been "overwhelmed" by kind messages and support for her four-year-old son Jensen, who wears a splint due to the condition which affects his movement. She says Jensen, who is really funny and witty, was fed up of wearing his splint day and night - as it was "boring" and "not very fun" Continue reading →

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 Rotorua Daily Post 15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM5 minutes to read Anne Donnell, with her grandson Shane (centre) and his brother Isaiah pictured in 2015. Photo / File One "absolutely irreplaceable star" has left a Rotorua family broken after their young boy went to sleep on Christmas night and never woke. However, the 12-year-old's family has found comfort in knowing he died happy after the "most beautiful day" where his infectious smile never left his face Continue reading →

He has started lashing out and thrashing about in his chair, Lynsey ODonovan says of her 17-year-old son, Jack, who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy. She explains what life has been like since schools shut When the Government announced the current national lockdown, parents all over the country groaned at the prospect of having to homeschool their children once again Continue reading →

This piece was made possible as part of a grant from the Julia Child Foundation AgrAbility supports farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers with disabilities in gaining success in rural America. Born from the 1990 Farm Bill with20 funded AgrAbility affiliates across the United States, the program provides education, networking, and direct services to agricultural workers with disabilities Continue reading →

Engine 1/2 was initially designed by Dave Welch of Wheat Ridge, Colorado who created it for his nephew Ricky Marquez who was born with Cerebral Palsy. Ricky is a quadriplegic and has been in a wheelchair since he was 3. Ricky was always obsessed with trucks; buses, mail trucks, trains, police cars, and fire trucks Continue reading →

Australian pop star and songwriter Sia Furlers feature directorial debut Music is in effect two very different films with wildly disparate tones, stuck together using a sludgy mixture of by-the-book drama and hipstery eclecticism. One a collection of music sequences presented in spanking bright colours, with sets and costumes that seem designed to replicate the experience of taking magic mushrooms during a fashion show or contemporary art exhibition is nothing but self-conscious Continue reading →