Smoothing TheTransition From Care Of Pediatric Disease To Adult Care (Medical News Today)Growing pains can mean one thing for a typical adolescent and quite another to an older teen with cerebral palsy attempting independence in an adult world. A unique program, the Indiana University School of Medicine Center for Youth and Adults with Conditions of Childhood (CYACC) is helping these youths spread their wings and live more independently.
Houston First Lady Writes Children's Book (FOX 26 Houston)Andrea White is a well-known face in the Houston area as the city's First Lady to Mayor Bill White. Mrs. White has written a children's book that includes Winston Churchill as a character and features a main character with cerebral palsy. The civic leader explains how she came to write the work on FOX 26 Morning News.
Disabled Scott High Senior Awarded Scholarship (The Kentucky Post)A Northern Kentucky student got a surprise gift at school Tuesday. Insight Cable awarded 17-year-old Kevin Schomaker with a $1,000 scholarship. The Scott High School senior has cerebral palsy and communicates through his computer.
Man with Cerebral Palsy robbed (12 News Phoenix)Micheal Smith has had cerebral palsy since the day he was born, but he wanted desperately to be independent. So, he moved out of his parent's house in Surprise and into an apartment with a roommate. Police are now looking for that man.
Regional briefs 04/29/2008 (The Press-Enterprise)A child care program operated by United Cerebral Palsy of Cathedral City will not reopen under terms of a settlement stemming from the January drowning death of a 5-year-old autistic girl, the state Department of Social Services announced Monday.
Miller thrives in Zia Day Hab (Alamogordo Daily News)Carl Miller was born with cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair to get around. Cerebral palsy causes physical disability in human development. Cerebral refers to the affected area of the brain and palsy refers to the movement disorder.
