Twelve-year-old Ellen's loathing for her new baby brother Barry, who has cerebral palsy, gradually changes to a fierce, obsessive love, and she must find a proper balance for her life.
Handicapped by cerebral palsy and overprotected by his parents, a twelve-year-old, left alone for the first time, in a desperate need to exert his independence, does precisely what he has been forbidden to do.
Discusses and describes cerebral palsy, a disabling disorder of the brain's motor centers, explaining its causes and treatments, and looking at the future of technological remedies for the disorder.
Provides information about cerebral palsy, explaining what it is; discussing its causes, diagnosis, and treatment; looking at the life of a child with cerebral palsy; and offering advice on how to deal with the incurable disorder.
Though he enjoys life with his family and attends school, Howie, a child with cerebral palsy, wants more than anything else to be able to move his wheelchair by himself.
High schooler Ben Bancroft, a budding filmmaker with cerebral palsy, struggles to understand his relationship with drug-addict Colleen while he explores a new friendship with A.J., who shares his obsession with movies and makes a good impression on Ben's grandmother.
Discusses and describes cerebral palsy, a disabling disorder of the brain's motor centers, explaining its causes and treatments, and looking at the future of technological remedies for the disorder.
In 1922 Petey, who has cerebral palsy, is misdiagnosed as an idiot and institutionalized; sixty years later, still in the institution, he befriends a boy and shares with him the joy of life.
