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Aiken, South Carolina, author Karen Bunney, has completed her first book children’s book, and it’s an inspiration for any child living with disabilities. The Aiken Standard reports that Bunney gets around in a wheelchair and throughout her life, has had numerous negative encounters with people, solely based upon her reliance on a wheelchair. She wrote […]
It is estimated that some 500,000 children and adults in the United States manifest one or more of the symptoms of cerebral palsy. Currently, about 8,000 babies and infants are diagnosed with the condition each year. In addition, some 1,200 – 1,500 preschool age children are recognized each year to have cerebral palsy. – Texas […]
Women who are overweight while pregnant have an increased chance of having a baby with cerebral palsy, according to a new study that researched over a million babies during an almost-decade time span. According to Dr. Eduardo Villamor, professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, women who are overweight when pregnant are at […]
A generous Delaware couple donated $1 million to a Delaware hospital on Wednesday, in an effort to help support medical advancements for cerebral palsy treatment. The News Journal reports that Michael and Ericka Hynansky donated to the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, which has helped to create the Nicholas T. Bracaglia Cerebral Palsy Research Endowed Fund, […]
Erin Feeney, of Naperville, Illinois, has lived with cerebral palsy for most of her life. The condition affected her speech, and she can only communicate non-verbally. She also needs a wheelchair to get around. Despite all of her hurdles, she’s managed to score an opportunity that could lead a dream career. FOX 5 reports that Erin, […]
Living with cerebral palsy (CP) is not easy, even if one has a mild variant of the neuromuscular disability. There are many challenges – physical, emotional, financial, and social – to overcome, and those of us who have CP has to deal with them as best we can. I have, in other entries of this […]
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