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Considering the cards she's been dealt, 19-year-old Tiffany Billings shouldn't smile so much. She shouldn't be able to walk without assistance. She shouldn't have a 3.5 GPA. But the Russian-born Neapolitan, twice adopted in the U.S. and ...  

Kierra Cain is a healthy, active Sterling Heights fifth grader because Detroit doctors at her traumatic birth 10 years ago cooled her with a chilled blanket to keep her alive. “She wasn’t expected to live through the night,” said her ...  

Sometimes all we need is a little confidence boost. And for one boy with spastic cerebral palsy, a few cheers from students and teachers made all the difference as he pushed himself to finish a field day race. Matt W. opted to run in the 400 ...  

Kim Taylor calls her son Matthew the real-life Forrest Gump. "He will just run and run and run. We have to make him stop," she said. It's something she thought she'd never see the teen do. "He was 15 months when he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy we were ...  

An overnight theft left dozens of people with Cerebral Palsy without transportation Wednesday morning. Cerebral Palsy Center Executive Director Bob Sexton says early morning staff at their day facility arrived to find wheels and other parts stolen off four ...  

The scent of Polish sausage, swirls of pink cotton candy and the squeals of delight from young children, mean one thing: The carnival is back in town. United Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama's spring carnival will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday ...  

At an early age, he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. He was born in Pender County but relocated when he was about 5 to Brunswick County. He was able to take advantage of opportunities not available in Pender. Because of the cerebral palsy, he ...  

FARMERS BRANCH - The thing about living on the edge - for people like Pattie Winton - is there’s no margin for things to go wrong. And they just went really wrong. "Oh my God, it's gone. It's really gone,” Winton said after her 1990 Chevy ...  

It's a device that looks like a can of tuna, but for a teen with one of the most common congenital disorders, it's making a world of difference. It can also bring relief to millions living in constant pain.  

Plourde, and Naomi Nakahara, Chelsea's adopted sister, say she needs a lot of personal care and other items CLBC coverage could provide. More than anything, she needs to trade up her 1990 Ford Club Wagon passenger van, so she can be safely transported to ...  

Following a long tradition of supporting families touched by cerebral palsy, Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC, has provided $10,000 in grant funding to CP Family Network (CPFN), a growing national resource for the parents of special needs children. Following a ...  

The Health Minister says the cerebral palsy treatment unit at Princess Margaret Hospital will get another $500,000 in six weeks. Currently 260 children with the condition are treated with botox injections and accompanying physiotherapy at the centre, while ...  

An ex-Marine who helped torture a physically disabled Florida man in his home by stabbing him and pouring bleach on his head was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday. Montario Litoron Royals, a 25-year-old former Marine Corps corporal, was ...  

ATLANTA -- Sam Porterfield is a reunion expert. In 22 years at Northside Hospital, he has cared for thousands of sick and premature babies. He knows how to fix them and get them back to their parents. One night, 18 years ago, Sam was summoned to an ...  

A team of students at Rice University has developed a digital device that may help children with cerebral palsy develop movement in their wrists using simple gameplay techniques. The “Dino-Might” was developed by Helping Hands, a group of seniors at ...