cerebral palsy

"Describes what it is like to live with cerebral palsy, what its symptoms are, and how it is treated"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen-year-old Amy has cerebral palsy, speaks with an electronic speech computer, and uses adult aides. In her last year of high school, Amy decides to hire a peer to help her make friends. OCD-suffering Matthew becomes her peer helper and the two develop an unlikely friendship that leads to love.

"Aaron Philip's memoir chronicles his extraordinary journey from happy baby in Antigua to confident teen artist in New York City"--Provided by publisher.

Having always prided herself on blending in with "normal" people despite her cerebral palsy, seventeen-year-old Jean begins to question her role in the world while attending a summer camp for children with disabilities.

Tells a story from the perspective of fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who is stricken with cerebral palsy and physically disabled; and transmits his feelings when he cannot communicate to a father who feels he must put an end to Shawn's suffering.

Red O?Ryan spends most of his days like many high school juniors?dealing with the demands of class, thinking about girls, and trying to measure up to his older brother. Cerebral palsy is just part of his life, and he doesn?t think the experimental treatments he?s receiving for the disability are doing anything for him. When a confrontation with a football player ends with the bully on the ground, Red knows he never touched him. But he can?t help wondering how his tormentor fell.

Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized. When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year at Coral Hills High School, these two teens are thrust into each other's lives. As they begin to spend time with each other, what started as a blossoming friendship eventually grows into something neither expected.