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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 […]
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A little girl with cerebral palsy, who has lived in the U.S. since she was an infant, is facing deportation following a life-saving surgical procedure in a Texas hospital. Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports that Rosamaria Hernandez, 10, and her cousin were in an ambulance, en route from a Laredo hospital to the Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi […]
