cerebral palsy

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cerebral palsy

From where I sit

making my way with cerebral palsy
1999
The autobiography of Shelley Nixon, a twenty-one-year old victim of cerebral palsy.

It's your turn at bat

featuring Mark Riley
1988
While reluctantly doing research on sewing machines for a school report, Mark, a fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, discovers that the money for his team's baseball jerseys that he was responsible for is missing, and he finds himself feeling more friendly towards sewing machines. Includes a question and answer section about what it's like to have cerebral palsy.

Imagine me on a sit-ski!

1995
A child who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair describes learning to ski with adaptive equipment.

Rolling along

the story of Taylor and his wheelchair
2000
Explains how having cerebral palsy affects Taylor, and how getting a wheelchair makes a big difference in helping him get around, do things by himself, and even play basketball with his twin Tyler.

The barn at Gun Lake

1997
Johnnie, who has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair, finds himself with two challenges; gaining acceptance from his newfound friends and solving an unusual pirating mystery.

Stoner & Spaz

2011
A troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward self-acceptance with the help of a drug-addicted young woman.

Stuck in neutral

2002
Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel thinks his father may be planning to kill him.

Cerebral palsy

1991
Discusses the causes, effects, prevention, and treatment of the debilitating condition known as cerebral palsy, which may occur in many different forms.

Mine for keeps

1962
A young girl with cerebral palsy returns home from a school for handicapped children and learns to adjust to a regular school.

Discovery on Blackbird Island

2000
Johnnie Jacobson and his friends set out to solve the mystery of why wild animals have appeared on the supposedly uninhabited Blackbird Island.

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