Michael Fowler, an actor with cerebral palsy, has been cast in a new ABC comedy pilot, Speechless, also starring Good Will Hunting‘s Minnie Driver. Variety reports that Speechless, ABC’s new comedy, is scheduled to air in September, Fowler plays Driver’s special needs teenage son, J.J., who not only lives with cerebral palsy, but also cannot talk. […]
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Growing Up with Cerebral Palsy- Part 16 of a Series
“High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.” ―Kurt Vonnegut South Miami Senior High School: Late Spring, 1981 The last few weeks of my sophomore year at South Miami were anticlimactic, to say the least, especially after the Spring Concert series in April. I wasn’t […]
Golf Fan With Cerebral Palsy Walks With Pros During PGA Tournament
D.J. Gregory has loved golf since he was just 12-years-old. He became passionate about the sport after his dad took him to the 1990 Greater Greensboro Open. Yet, he never dreamed he’d ever be able to play the game professionally or even become a caddie, since his parents were told when he was just a baby […]