Cerebral Palsy In The News

A dispute has erupted in Caledon, Ont., over whether a family with a child with cerebral palsy should be allowed to keep a pony.

Eight-year-old Christopher Case is part of Glendale's first musical theater program aimed at kids with disabilities, ranging from autism to cerebral palsy. 'Having autism, he's more shy,' said his mother Lisa Case. 'This has brought him out of his shell.'

After years of what doctors called the “terrible twos,” Pam Seeman found the help she was searching for with her daughter from the United Cerebral Palsy Respite Services.

An Ashburn woman said yesterday that she was hearing voices and had a "psychotic breakdown" before holding her doctor and his wife at gunpoint because she blamed him for her son's cerebral palsy. A judge then found her not guilty by reason of insanity on several counts against her.

Karen Longoria - who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and the mother of 13-year-old triplets, two of whom have cerebral palsy and use wheelchairs - was greeted in her driveway by a huge crowd. Also waiting: a house that had been transformed by more than a thousand volunteers.

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Theatre Kidz is Glendale's first musical-theater program aimed at kids with disabilities, ranging from autism to cerebral palsy. The program features a modified version of the hit High School Musical.

CALEDONIA, Ont. -- A small Ontario town may force a three-year-old boy with cerebral palsy to give up his miniature pony after a neighbour complained about the smell.

Rajlakshmi Wahid is in danger of losing the home she and her husband spent six years modifying for their disabled daughter Shabena.

MANILA, Philippines—That a 26-year-old film is being feted now is a miracle in itself, says Ricky Lee, scriptwriter of “Himala,” declared Best Asia-Pacific Film of All Time in an online poll conducted by the Cable News Network (CNN).