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Karen Ann Killilea (August 18, 1940 – October 30, 2020) was the subject of two bestselling books by her mother Marie Killilea, Karen and With Love from Karen.These books were groundbreaking by asserting that children with cerebral palsy could lead productive lives.
(book series) Jon Blake: Jams has Cerebral Palsy, and a monkey. [8] 1929 Benjy Compson The Sound and the Fury: William Faulkner: Benjy is most likely autistic with synesthesia, as his whole life experience based on smells, shapes, and sounds [9] 1976 Harry Hardacre The Hardacres (book series) C. L. Skelton Harry has Little's Disease [citation ...
Petey (1998) is a children's novel by Ben Mikaelsen, published in 1998 and set in the 1920s and 1990s. [1] Based on the real-life story of cerebral palsy patient Clyde Cothern, Petey illustrates for children an understanding of people with disabilities, and helps them to discover what these people go through. Re-occurring themes include growth ...
Touched by Love (originally titled To Elvis, With Love) is a 1980 American film directed by Gus Trikonis, starring Diane Lane and Deborah Raffin.. First released to theaters in April 1980, [2] the screenplay concerns a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl named Karen who is dealing with cerebral palsy and depression.
The main character is Shawn McDaniel, a fourteen-year-old who has cerebral palsy. The story, told from Shawn's perspective, also focuses on how his family copes with the condition. Shawn's mother, brother, sister, and father are all talked about in the book. Stuck in Neutral received recognition as an Honor Book for the Michael L. Printz Award ...
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Pages in category "Works about cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Heather Baynard, a 14-year-old with cerebral palsy, reportedly died on April 11, 2022, hours after her father carried her cold, gray, listless body into a local hospital like a sack of potatoes.