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July is Disability Pride Month (DPM), a time to celebrate diversity and acknowledge the challenges and successes of people living with disabilities like cerebral palsy. It is also a great opportunity to raise awareness, advocate for disabled rights and fundraise for research. The History of Disability Pride People with disabilities have long fought for equal […]
Two little furballs. One orange and white striped. The other, striped gray, brown, and white. The ywere the cutest things that I ever did see. Two little things that I never knew I needed. I named the orange and white striped, “Thai,” because I had Thai food the same night he arrived. The gray, brown, […]
There has never been a federal program for the research of cerebral palsy, the most common motor disability of childhood that affects one in 345 American kids. A bill introduced into the U.S. Congress in March 2023 to celebrate Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month would change that. It would fund treatment, diagnosis, and prevention research. About […]
When hospitals and their staff make preventable mistakes during labor and delivery, the consequences are often severe for the mother and child. The damages awards in resulting medical malpractice lawsuits are often very high. This was the case recently in Philadelphia when the mother of a child diagnosed with cerebral palsy was awarded a record-setting […]
Two families in Illinois recently won big legal victories against physicians, nurses, and medical centers over their children’s birth injuries. One family settled with a doctor and hospital for $35 million while another received a $40 million jury award. Both cases centered on deliveries by Cesarean section. Family Settles Cerebral Palsy Case for $35 Million […]
…Rather, it was the doctors that delivered me, the NICU, and I am sure, certain members of our society who defined and assumed who I would be, along with my capabilities. I was born two and a half months premature in October of 1983. The doctors told my parents to “prepare for the worst” as […]
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