Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy
Helping Disabled Children Become Gliding Stars
A program called “Gliding Stars” has been making figure skating accessible to people with physical, mental or emotional challenges since 1994. Started in Buffalo, New York, the program now operates in cities in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. A ritual is performed by Gliding Stars students each time they go on the ice. Each skater is escorted by one or two volunteers as they form a straight line in the center of the rink. Some can stand independently; some require walkers or arm braces. When the skating instructor gives the cue, they chant: “Can we skate? Yes we can!” This spirit is shared by all gliding student stars, including Bryson Sparrin, a 6-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Getting on the ice and skating, Bryson is able to feel like other boys his age. Using a sliding walker created out of plastic pipes, he is pushed along by his older sister,…
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Largest Medical Malpractice Award in Connecticut History
The largest medical malpractice award in Connecticut history was awarded recently, with $58 million going to a boy with cerebral palsy. Daniel D’Attilo was born eight years ago after a delayed delivery. The case filed by his parents in 2005 asserts that Cathy D’Attilo’s amniotic fluid had dropped by half three days before his delivery. Her doctor apparently had this knowledge, yet chose to wait to perform a C-Section. The case also states that the C-Section was performed poorly. The result of Daniel’s birth injury was brain damage, leading to a diagnosis of severe cerebral palsy. Doctors say he will never be able to speak, hear or walk. He also suffers from seizures. It took six years for the D’Attilo to receive a verdict. Of the $58 million the jury awarded, $8 million will go towards Daniel’s medical care. Due to the severity of his condition, he will require full-time…
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Boy with Cerebral Palsy is Modeling
A young British boy with cerebral palsy has embarked upon a modeling career, despite the fact that he cannot talk and spends most of his time in a wheelchair. Six-year-old Joshua Lindley has cerebral palsy quadriplegia and speaks using a special talking machine similar to that used by Professor Steven Hawking. He is able to understand everything, but he was unable to respond until his mom got him the digital talking aid. With the machine, he can do things like tell him mom what he wants for dinner or what he wants to watch on TV, things that most people take for granted. The Vantage Talker machine has pictures for all the things in Joshua’s daily life, including pictures of his mother and father and the things he likes to eat. His mother got funding to purchase it through a government program. Joshua likes to be the center of attention…
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