A father who was filmed along with his son mocking his 10-year-old neighbor with cerebral palsy every day has been sentenced to one month in jail. William Bailey, 43, was caught on camera by the girl’s grandmother, who videotaped the father-son duo slowly hobbling to the school bus, limping with bent legs, in front of Hope Holcomb and her classmates. [Read more...]
Shamed father sentenced to a month in jail after he and his son mocked 10-year-old neighbor with cerebral palsy every day by imitating her limp
November 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Michael McKillop faces tougher 1500m paralympic task in 2013
November 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A change of categorisation means Michael McKillop will face tougher opposition in the 1500m at next year’s Paralympic World Championships in Lyon. Double London Paralympics champion McKillop will have to face T38 athletes who have a milder form of cerebral palsy than the Northern Ireland’s athlete’s T37 category. [Read more...]
Who better to test drive the new Porsche Boxster than a 13-year-old with a passion for roller coasters?
November 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kitty is a pretty 13-year-old with a winning smile and long blonde plaits. She also has cerebral palsy and finds it very difficult to speak, but there is no doubting what she’s thinking as I floor the accelerator of thePorsche Boxster and send us swooping towards a long left-hander. [Read more...]
Hasta ‘Lal’ Vista
November 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Lal, Sunita and Davina with their Volkswagen Vista
Lal and Sunita Parmar, from Staffordshire, who’s daughter Davina has cerebral palsy, hadn’t owned a wheelchair accessible vehicle before. This meant that every time the family travelled by car Lal had to go through the awkward process of lifting Davina out of her wheelchair and into the car, then dismantling her wheelchair, only to rebuild it when they reached their destination. When the time came to change their car, finding a vehicle that could cater [Read more...]
Britain’s strongest disabled man bags four personal bests
November 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Wetroom experts Impey Showers are proud to have sponsored Britain’s strongest disabled man as he competed in the 2012 World’s Strongest Disabled Man competition in Reykjavik, Iceland.
The sponsorship from Impey – the leading suppliers and manufacturers of wetrooms for both the luxury and healthcare market – helped Gary Clarke achieve his aim of competing [Read more...]
Cerebral palsy SDR operation funding protest march to Senedd
November 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Parents of children with cerebral palsy have marched to the Senedd to call for funding for a specialist operation which will help youngsters to walk. The selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) operation is available on the NHS in England but not in Wales. Some Welsh families have raised £40,000 themselves to have SDR in the USA. The body in Wales responsible for accessing specialist services said there was a lack of clinical evidence to support the procedure. Some 200 children in the UK have had the surgery since last year when it was introduced, with around 108 going to the United States for it. [Read more...]
That’s a lot of ‘loose change’! Fundraisers collecting for cerebral palsy girl, 3, left stunned when businessman drops £21,000 cheque into their bucket
November 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As they rattled their charity bucket at a rugby match, the most they were expecting was a bit of loose change left over from the fans’ half-time beers. But the volunteers, who were raising money in aid of a young cerebral palsy sufferer, were left stunned when a businessman dropped £21,000 into their collection. Conor McCloskey stopped to ask how much they were short of their £40,000 target, which was needed to send three-year-old Ellie Jury to America for a pioneering operation. [Read more...]
