Cerebral Palsy

Penn High School senior Anna Day, 19, was recently named to the U.S. Paralympics track and field high school All-American team for her performance in long jump. This is the second year she has earned this distinction. A sprinter on the Penn track team...

The Hokies are set to host Florida State on Thursday night in chilly Blacksburg where the Hokie nation is wondering if its team can finally show its true character this season. One Hokie who has shown plenty of character in the face of a tough situation....

Colonial Players' second offering of its 64th season is Sharr White's 2009 award-winning play "Sunlight." This enduring all-volunteer company's bold choice of a topical drama examining controversial issues is laudable, although its timing, when many...

Leave it to Bieber — Justin, that is — to have fans who support each other. And no one knows more about the power of that support than Kaden Anders. If not for the singer’s loyal army of followers, her family says, the young girl&...

Welcome to our tri-county listing of special needs resources. We do our best to include every organization, but sometimes things fall through the cracks. If you know of an organization you feel should be included, send the information to Editor Kyara...

For Kyle Kauffman, cerebral palsy is a hurdle, not a wall. He has a high school diploma, a Facebook account and a dorm room at Stevenson, where he majors in public history and manages the men's soccer team. "Soccer is probably the most beautiful sport...

SOUTH GATE, Calif. (KTLA) -- A woman who suffers from cerebral palsy, and who's been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, is fighting for her life -- and to save her home. That's becasue a foreclosure notice for Ana Casas-Wilson to vacate the house she'...

When “The Sessions” co-star William H. Macy came to Chicago in the early 1970s, he briefly worked as a waiter at former Lincoln Park bar Le Pub. He made more money, he says, as a carpenter. “[I would] build shelves and things like...

At game's end, Kyle Kauffman scooped up the soccer ball at his feet at midfield, trotted over to the grandstand and, with a stage actor's aplomb, bowed to the crowd. Five hundred people, including Kauffman's parents, stood and cheered the college senior,...

Rett Syndrome is a disease that’s commonly misdiagnosed. It wasn’t until Nicole Pintoski’s daughter turned 2, that she finally got the proper diagnosis. “It was quite hard to get that diagnosis, because she did have that autism...

Not a lot of people enjoy cleaning horse stalls, but for Sandy Michalewicz, being in the barn, no matter what the task, is a gift. "This is my stress relief," Michalewicz says, petting the neck of Nowell, a 25-year-old quarter pony and one of eight...

Bonner Paddock is competing on Oct 13th in Hawaii. He’s running, biking and swimming for miles and miles even though he has Cerebral Palsy! He’s doing it to help disabled kids both here in California and in Africa. To donate to Bonner’s...