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“You only go through high school once, but if you go through the way we did, that’s enough.” ― Steven C. Smith, Off the Rails: Excerpts from My Life In the summer of 1981, I decided to attend summer school at South Miami High instead of taking three months off until the start of my […]

Alicia Searcy, of Nashville, lives with cerebral palsy, but she doesn’t let her disorder stop her from being a fashionista and spreading awareness about how to have style while confined to a wheelchair. She plans to be the first person with cerebral palsy to participate in Nashville’s first inclusive fashion show. The Mighty reports that Searcy, a […]

It’s no surprise that kids who grow up with a sibling with cerebral palsy tend be a little more stressed when compared to children who don’t live with someone with the disorder. However, they’re often more well-adjusted than their peers and more empathetic and caring towards people with special needs. Kids who help take care […]

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. […]

“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 […]

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 […]