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A young woman with cerebral palsy who cares for her baby, while a man with cerebral palsy lives successfully on his own after 40 years in a Colorado institution. The film takes a trip to school with a remarkable 6-year-old boy without arms or legs, visits the workplace of a blind computer expert, and meets a professor with polio who teaches the ...
Colin Craven is a character who experiences a disability that is described as a hunchback and an inability to walk. 2016 Jams Cogan Thimble Monkey (book series) Jon Blake: Jams has Cerebral Palsy, and a monkey. [7] 1929 Benjy Compson The Sound and the Fury: William Faulkner
Door to Door is a 2002 American biographical drama television film about Bill Porter, an inspiring and successful door-to-door salesman with cerebral palsy.The film stars William H. Macy, who plays Porter, and also features Helen Mirren, Kyra Sedgwick, Michael Shanks, and Kathy Baker.
The film is set in 2002. Melody Brooks is a sixth-grader in middle school with cerebral palsy and a photographic memory. She is mostly nonverbal and uses an electric wheelchair. While she is unable to speak, her internal thoughts are rendered in the voice of actress Jennifer Aniston, due to her favorite TV show being Friends. She has a younger ...
The website's consensus reads: "No doubt most will come to My Left Foot for Daniel Day-Lewis's performance, but the movie's refusal to go downbeat will keep it in viewers' minds afterwards." [ 15 ] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 97 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Oasis (Korean: 오아시스) is a 2002 South Korean psychological drama romance film directed by Lee Chang-dong.The film's plot tells about the difficult romance between a mildly mentally disabled man who has just been released from jail after a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter and a woman with severe cerebral palsy.
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.
Michael Connolly is a 24-year-old with cerebral palsy who is a long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled run by the formidable Eileen. His life, mundane and schedule-driven by the institution's authorities, is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea, who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, suddenly moves in. Michael is stunned to discover that fast talking ...