To spread awareness about cerebral palsy, a Michigan teenager trekked more than 100 miles last month with his 9-year-old brother on his back; a brother who’s lived with cerebral palsy for most of his life and has difficulties walking on his own. TODAY reports that Hunter Gandee, 16, a Bedford High School student from Temperance, Michigan, participated […]
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Growing Up With Cerebral Palsy – Part 14 of a Series
“Sometimes I think high school is one long hazing activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they’ll let you become an adult. I hope it’s worth it.” ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak Second Semester: South Miami High, Spring of 1981 On the same day that I joined Ms. Owen’s Men’s Choir, I also […]
Growing Up With Cerebral Palsy – Part 13 of a Series
“It’s like high school holds two different worlds, revolving around each other and never touching; the haves and the have-nots. I guess it’s a good thing. High school is supposed to prepare you for the real world, after all.” ― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall Over the next 10 months, I gradually allowed myself to […]


