Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy Cannot Keep Middle School Kid Off Team
A Georgia middle school student showed that cerebral palsy could not hold him back after he tried out and made the school’s basketball team. Seventh grader Wil Sanders disease affects his muscle tone and hampers his motor skills, but that did not prevent him from trying out for the Evans Middle School basketball team. “When I tried out for the basketball team, I didn’t know what to expect,” said the 13-year-old. “When I made it, I was as shocked as anyone. I was like ‘What just happened?” Evans Middle basketball coach Garth Thomas chose to look past the young man’s physical limitations to his desire to compete, which was as strong as any other player. “When tryouts came, Wil Showed a lot of toughness, a lot of courage,” said Thomas. “I could just tell he needed to be a part of what we were doing.” Wil did not play much…
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British Cerebral Palsy Suffer Walks After Stateside Surgery
Lily Gordon, a six-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, is taking her first steps after travelling from her home in England to go through surgery in the U.S. Her parents, Joanne and David, were watching television a year ago when they saw the story of a boy with cerebral palsy who had travelled to the U.S. for pioneering Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy surgery. That the little boy was able to walk again was enough to motivate the family to try for the same surgery. Through months of hard work and fundraising the family managed to gather 70,000 pounds to pay for their trip to The Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. “It was just by the off-chance we had seen the programme, and if we had not heard about it we may never have gone along that road,” said Joanne. With her return home, Lily is going through rigorous physiotherapy three times…
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Cerebral Palsy Sufferer Gifted A Drum
A Long Beach, California cerebral palsy sufferer had his Christmas wish filled by the Long Beach Junior Concert Band with the gift of a drum. 22-year-old Nelson Miles might suffer from cerebral palsy and high-level autism, but “when he air drums, his disability goes away,” said his mother, Tuesday Miles. When Nelson turned 16, the band showed up at his birthday party. “They’ve been in his life ever since,” said Tuesday. “He knows every move, every song.” Tuesday told reporters that the band has taken him in, and said that Nelson memorizes every single step in a drum routine and meticulously repeats it. Nelson owns 100 drum sticks, and plays in the air all the time, according to his mother. She knew what he needed for Christmas. When Tuesday posted on Facebook that she wanted a used drum to buy for her son, the band leaped at the opportunity to…
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