The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald: "By LOUISA CLEAVE

A man suffering from cerebral palsy was denied compensation for a neck injury and told by ACC that a 'normal person' would recover sooner.

Anthony Green, 42, said he was insulted by the treatment and is taking legal action to recover income lost during 10 weeks off work."

Four-wheel motorcycle racer overcomes cerebral palsy to get on track

By SHEILA SMITH - H&R Staff Writer


DECATUR - Don't let Todd Macke's charming personality and good looks fool you.

He is a fierce all-terrain vehicle racer on the track, overcoming his cerebral palsy and spinal scoliosis.

Dressed to kill

Blake Foundation helps developmentally disabled lead normal lives

By Greg Jones, staff writer
The SAGE-Blake Found-ation has been changing the public's perception of people with developmental disabilities since 1994.

Sheri Herbert, job developer with the organization, said the Blake Foundation philosophy makes all the difference.

"No matter who you are, whether you're handicapped or whatever, everyone has value," she said. "Our role in life is to help these people and the community see that these people we're helping can have valued lives."

Citizens in Tucson developed the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona in 1950. The foundation started contracting with the State of Arizona in 1978 and expanded its services throughout the 1980s when job-training programs were created. The job-training programs were eventually called Southern Arizona Group Enterprises

Heroes

SEEING a mother cry with joy as her boy receives a trophy is what life is all about for Helen Ann Lundie, who runs the West of Scotland Football Club for the Physically Disabled. Helen Ann, 38, keeps the squad going.
When mum-of-three Helen Ann, of Paisley, isn't booking transport, organising tournaments or washing the team's kit, she is raising funds, buying trophies or cheering on her boys.
Her hard work brings joy to the 30 players, whose disabilities include cerebral palsy and amputated limbs, and gives parents a sense of pride.
Helen Ann's son Andrew, 19, who has cerebral palsy, is part of the squad. Gillian Sproul, who nominated Helen Ann, said: 'The club has given these young guys a sense of achievement, not to mention the community spirit that comes out of bringing families together to help each other.'

Houston Community Newspapers Online

Houston Community Newspapers Online:
By: NANCY FLAKE, HCN/Courier staff

"Moms and dads often need a break from taking care of children, and that can be even truer when the child has special needs.
There is an organization coming to the rescue of parents who want a few hours of down time on a Saturday afternoon. United Cerebral Palsy Montgomery County's Family Day Out program will give them the break they need one Saturday a month, beginning Oct. 23 and running through April at Houser Elementary School, located at 27370 Oak Ridge School Road."

Not a playground

The Bahamas has never condoned any experimental medical research rejected by the international community, the Minister of Health said Thursday.

"The ministry has acted over the many years that I have been a practising physician, some 30 years, diligently and very critically in terms of its review of all such proposals and have sent the message far and wide, The Bahamas is not a playground for research that is not approved," Dr. Marcus Bethel said at a press conference

Stem cell research targets cerebral palsy

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Natural chemicals that assist healing may one day help transplanted adult stem cells integrate into an injured brain, helping children with cerebral palsy recover lost function, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia.

Wheelchairs welcome on balloon rides

TEMPE - A specially made hot-air balloon began taking wheelchair-users sky-high Friday when "Serena's Song," a handicapped-accessible hot air balloon, returned to the Valley.

Homecoming

Jason Lewis, a senior at Nederland High School, has cerebral palsy, but is so popular that he has been nominated to be homecoming king, which will be announced tonight.

Disabled people kept out of the picture

By Stephen Robb
BBC News Online


New British film Inside I'm Dancing opens on Friday in the wake of objections to its use of able-bodied actors to play disabled characters. But why are campaigners so angry, and should there be more disabled people on cinema and TV screens?

Inside I'm Dancing

Back in the summer, the newly pedestrianised town centre streets in Blackpool had an amazing effect on the disabled locals.

No longer restricted to dodging traffic, or risking toppling off a raised pavement, I saw a group of exuberant fiftysomethings literally racing each other in powered wheelchairs.

Building Brain Bridges

More than 400,000 children and adults in the United States suffer from the brain disorder cerebral palsy.