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Recent Examples of cerebral palsy
In Los Angeles, one of the first major cities where Serve robots deployed, a man with cerebral palsy filmed a bot repeatedly swerving in his path and blocking the sidewalk, eventually resulting in a collision with his mobility scooter.
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Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
One of the plaintiffs, a man with cerebral palsy who recently moved to Seattle from Alexandria, Virginia, has been regularly refused rides and charged cleaning fees by Uber drivers due to his service dog, according to the complaint.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Hills, who has cerebral palsy, launched her business, The Dazey Hills Company, in January 2019 in Southampton, UK, representing about 10 local actors while working on a production job for a Hollywood movie filmed in the UK.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Born with mild cerebral palsy and a connective tissue disorder known as Marfan Syndrome, the 25-year-old ceramicist spent his adolescence in physical therapy working with putty and Play-Doh to build up dexterity and motor control.
—David Nash, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2025
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Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
One of the plaintiffs, a man with cerebral palsy who recently moved to Seattle from Alexandria, Virginia, has been regularly refused rides and charged cleaning fees by Uber drivers due to his service dog, according to the complaint.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Hills, who has cerebral palsy, launched her business, The Dazey Hills Company, in January 2019 in Southampton, UK, representing about 10 local actors while working on a production job for a Hollywood movie filmed in the UK.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Born with mild cerebral palsy and a connective tissue disorder known as Marfan Syndrome, the 25-year-old ceramicist spent his adolescence in physical therapy working with putty and Play-Doh to build up dexterity and motor control.
—David Nash, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cerebral palsy
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The scans are often used to check for aneurysms of cerebral vessels, conditions of the eye and inner ear, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord conditions, stroke, tumors and brain injury from trauma.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Selma Blair refuses to sugarcoat what life with multiple sclerosis looks like.—
Maggie Ryan,
Flow Space,
23 Oct. 2025
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Other vaccines including for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps and rubella will remain in place unless updated through legislation, according to the state Department of Health.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Over the next 25 years, there would be 51.2 million cases of measles, 9.9 million cases of rubella and 4.3 million cases of poliomyelitis.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The dispute is causing paralysis and threatening to spill over into violence.—
Omar S Mahmood,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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The son fights on to forward his father Nick’s dream of helping find a cure for paralysis.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Symptoms can include a rash and flu-like symptoms, with some people going on to experience arthritis, facial palsy, pain, irregular heartbeats and other worsening symptoms.—
Grace Gavilanes,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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The Emmy-winning composer died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles following an eight-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), Clausen’s daughter told the Hollywood Reporter.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
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“Cerebral palsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebral%20palsy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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