Daniel J. Rowe, Andrew Brennan, CTV News Montreal Published Friday, September 20, 2019 8:56PM EDT At Sunday's Oasis Rock 'N' Roll Montreal Marathon, 25-year-old PhD student Lena Faust will be running the half marathon for the first time Continue reading →

Globally, there are approximately 17 million people with cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is the name given to group of permanent movement disorders that appear in early childhood Continue reading →

SOCIALIZATIONThe United Cerebral Palsy day program at Waverly School has for more than 30 years offered individuals with CP a place to come and be social and productive, and to give their caregivers a few hours off each day. Acorn file photo For the past 15 years, Nathan Schulz has had the same morning routine. The 44-year-old Thousand Oaks resident with cerebral palsy is a nonverbal quadriplegic with a feeding tube. Continue reading →

Children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP) have a preserved ability to imagine grasping with both hands, according to a new study. The findings suggest that tapping into that ability during rehabilitation therapy could help recover hand function and upper limb movements in children with CP. The research, Explicit Motor Imagery for Grasping Actions in Children With Spastic Unilateral Cerebral Palsy, appeared in the journal Frontiers in Neurology. Continue reading →

Leesburg nonprofit Loudoun Therapeutic Riding began its annual Ride-a-Thon fundraiser in August, and 78-year-old Judy Ferris helped raise over $625 more than any other participant in its first two weeks. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at a young age, Ferris has had lifelong difficulties with balance and coordination, struggles that she discovered could be treated through therapeutic horseback riding. She first saddled up at LTR, the oldest therapeutic riding center in Virginia, 10 years ago Continue reading →