Category Archives: cerebral palsy

Touching video of boy, 11, with cerebral palsy running as classmates cheer him

June 3, 2012 Carers, cerebral palsy

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 02:09, 3 June 2012 | UPDATED: 02:09, 3 June 2012

A Youtube video of an 11-year-old boy with cerebral palsy being cheered on by his classmates as he finishes a 400-meter race has become an internet sensation.
Finishes: Matt Woodrum, 11, has cerebral palsy but loves to run

Matt Woodrum, who has spastic cerebral palsy that greatly affects his muscle movement, was struggling through the race at the Colonial Hills Elementary School in Worthington, Ohio when dozens of his classmates spontaneously converged alongside him chanting, ‘Let’s go Matt! Let’s go!’

Mum wins fight with Bournemouth Council over care for disabled son

May 25, 2012 Carers, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, learning difficulties, ukcuts

Mum wins fight with Bournemouth Council over care for disabled son – and calls for resignations

11:00am Friday 25th May 2012 in News By Melanie Vass

Lorraine Zavadil from Throop, with her severely disabled son Tariq, 28

A MUM who has spent 18 months fighting to retain her severely disabled son’s care package has forced Bournemouth council to back down.

Lorraine Zavadil, 53, took on the council after it originally tried to cut the budget for her son Tarik’s care package by almost 70 per cent.

This would have meant that 28-year-old Tarik, who has congenital cerebral palsy, epilepsy and profound learning disabilities, is registered blind and is unable to speak, would have been unable to keep his current carers, some of whom have worked with him for over 10 years.