Health Calendar (Winchester Star)* The cerebral palsy Support Group ? for children, teenagers, and their parents ? will meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Winchester Rehabilitation Center Therapeutic Recreation Area/OT kitchen on the second floor of 333 W. Cork St., Winchester. Information: (540) 536-5113.
$36.5 million malpractice award sets record (Norwalk Advocate)HARTFORD, Conn. -- A jury has awarded a record $36.5 million to the family of a 6-year-old boy who is blind, brain damaged and suffering from cerebral palsy since he was injured during his delivery via a surrogate mother at Hartford Hospital.
Chronicle & Echo (Northampton Chronicle & Echo)THE parents of a Northampton boy with cerebral palsy are appealing for craftsmen to help adapt a chair for their son so he can sit up and open his presents this Christmas.
Silver Wheels need a good turn (The Buffalo News)Patrick G. Rowe has seen more than his share of challenges and difficult times. Born with cerebral palsy, he has spent most of his 53 years in a wheelchair. He lost both parents at age 5 and was raised in foster homes and by relatives.
