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A Kentucky grandmother allegedly shot her 14-year-old granddaughter to death on March 12, before turning the gun on herself. Her family says that the shooter was overstressed with caring for her two grandchildren when the incident occurred. “She was exhausted,”Julia Cash-Owens’ daughter-in-law, Chanda Fowler, said to The Washington Post. “She was doing so much, and […]
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A 5-year-old boy and his family was awarded $650K in a settlement against an Irish hospital earlier this moth. His family will return again to court in six years, in which time a judge will assess the amount for future loss of earnings, and provide additional compensation to them. The Irish Times reports that […]
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On March 11, actor Micah Fowler will be the recipient of the Trailblazer Award at the United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles’ (UCPLA) fourth annual Art of Care gala, at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Broadway World reports that the Trailblazer Award is reserved for those who work to raise awareness regarding the disabilities they […]
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The Hudson Valley Cerebral Palsy Association in Brewster, NY, is facing a federal lawsuit after a man the organization hired reportedly sexually assaulted a woman with cerebral palsy. Lohud reports that Joseph Faraone, a former priest who previously won $1 million in a lottery, was convicting of sexually assaulting a 50-year-old disabled woman with cerebral palsy while he […]
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A little girl with cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia walked for the first time into her father’s arms and in while on the national television show, This Morning, after a successful operation. DailyMail reports that Esme Hodge, a 3-year-old from Thornbury, Bristol, in England, was diagnosed with was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia last year when she […]
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The boy who defied odds after a 1999 shooting that left his mother dead and left him with cerebral palsy and brain damage is now a happy, adjusted adult who loves to smile and talk. Chancellor Lee Adams, the son of former NFL football player Ray Carruth, has been raised by his paternal grandmother after […]
