cerebral palsy
noun
: a disability resulting from damage to the brain before, during, or shortly after birth and outwardly manifested by muscular incoordination and speech disturbances
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Alexa explained in her reel that Duke University in North Carolina has been working on a clinical trial for cerebral palsy for over five years and has reported success in thousands of cases.
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
This coming-of-age film, based on a 2010 novel by Sharon M. Draper, stars Phoebe-Ray
Taylor as a sixth-grader with cerebral palsy facing the challenges of being in a mainstream
class for the first time.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 1 May 2025
Read more At Philadelphia airport, pope blesses, kisses head of disabled boy
Pope Francis kissed the forehead of a boy with cerebral palsy after landing in Philadelphia, coaxing a small smile from the profoundly disabled 10-year-old.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
The girl, who had cerebral palsy, used a wheelchair and was non-verbal, died of hyperthermia as temperatures inside the vehicle reached up to 135 degrees in the summer of 2019, according to a press release from the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office in Colleton County, S.C.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
This coming-of-age film, based on a 2010 novel by Sharon M. Draper, stars Phoebe-Ray
Taylor as a sixth-grader with cerebral palsy facing the challenges of being in a mainstream
class for the first time.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 1 May 2025
Read more At Philadelphia airport, pope blesses, kisses head of disabled boy
Pope Francis kissed the forehead of a boy with cerebral palsy after landing in Philadelphia, coaxing a small smile from the profoundly disabled 10-year-old.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
The girl, who had cerebral palsy, used a wheelchair and was non-verbal, died of hyperthermia as temperatures inside the vehicle reached up to 135 degrees in the summer of 2019, according to a press release from the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office in Colleton County, S.C.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 17 May 2025
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“Cerebral palsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cerebral%20palsy. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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